by Ng Tze-fung, Victor. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 100-103. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LISTS OF TABLE --- p.viii / LISTS OF FIGURE --- p.ix / CHAPTER / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Definition of the Problem --- p.1 / Overview of Payment System --- p.2 / Overview of Innovations in Electronic Banking Technology --- p.3 / The Growth of Electronic Banking in Hong Kong --- p.5 / Development of EFTPOS in Hong Kong --- p.5 / Parties Involved in EFTPOS --- p.6 / Benefits of EFTPOS --- p.7 / Problems for EFTPOS Development --- p.8 / Motivation of Study --- p.9 / Chapter Summary --- p.11 / Chapter II --- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.12 / Introduction --- p.12 / Consumer Adoption of Electronic Banking Technology --- p.13 / The Concept of Perceived Risk --- p.14 / Multi-dimensional Approach of Perceived Risk --- p.15 / Summary of Related Empirical Research --- p.16 / Study by Home (1982) --- p.16 / Study by Lau and Ng (1983) --- p.17 / Study by Motazedi (1984) --- p.18 / Summary of the Related Articles --- p.19 / Astbury (1985) --- p.19 / Friis (1985) --- p.19 / Aoki (1986) --- p.20 / Brobeck (1986) --- p.20 / Marketing News (1987) --- p.21 / Kuroda (1987) --- p.21 / Fitzgerald (1988) --- p.21 / Ho (1991) --- p.22 / Sowton (1989) --- p.23 / """Banking World's Special EFTPOS Report"" (1990)" --- p.23 / Nature and Scope of This Study --- p.23 / Development of the Research Hypotheses --- p.24 / Research Hypotheses in the Null Form --- p.26 / Chapter Summary --- p.27 / Chapter III --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.28 / Measurement of Perceived Risk --- p.28 / Design of Questionnaire --- p.30 / Layout of Part I --- p.31 / Layout of Part II --- p.32 / Layout of Part III --- p.33 / Layout of Part IV --- p.34 / Definition of Small and Large Purchases --- p.34 / Pre-testing and Adjustments --- p.36 / Selection of Respondents --- p.36 / Measurement Methods --- p.37 / Statistical Tests Employed --- p.38 / Response Rate --- p.40 / Chapter Summary --- p.41 / Chapter IV --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.42 / Introduction --- p.42 / Overall Perceived Risk --- p.43 / Perceived Risk for Cash Payment --- p.44 / Perceived Risk for Credit Card Payment --- p.46 / Perceived Risk for EFTPOS Payment --- p.47 / Perceived Physical Risk --- p.49 / Definition --- p.49 / Physical Risk in Small Purchase --- p.49 / Physical Risk in Large Purchase --- p.50 / Overall Physical Risk --- p.51 / Perceived Performance Risk --- p.52 / Definition --- p.52 / Performance Risk in Small Purchase --- p.52 / Performance Risk in Large Purchase --- p.53 / Overall Performance Risk --- p.54 / Perceived Psychological Risk --- p.55 / Definition --- p.55 / Psychological Risk in Small Purchase --- p.56 / Psychological Risk in Large Purchase --- p.57 / Overall Psychological Risk --- p.57 / Perceived Financial Risk --- p.58 / Definition --- p.58 / Financial Risk in Small Purchase --- p.59 / Financial Risk in Large Purchase --- p.60 / Overall Financial Risk --- p.60 / Perceived Risk of Time Loss Risk --- p.61 / Definition --- p.61 / Risk of Time Loss in Small Purchase --- p.62 / Risk of Time Loss in Large Purchase --- p.62 / Overall Risk of Time Loss --- p.63 / Testing of Hypothesis One --- p.64 / Testing of Hypothesis Two --- p.66 / Comparison of User and Non-user --- p.67 / Testing of Hypothesis Three --- p.69 / Test on EFTPOS Knowledge --- p.69 / Testing of Hypothesis Four --- p.72 / Chapter Summary --- p.73 / Chapter V --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION --- p.74 / Summary of Key Findings --- p.74 / Implications and Discussion --- p.76 / The Case of Super Ease Card --- p.78 / Limitation of Study --- p.79 / Contribution of Study --- p.79 / Suggestions for Further Study --- p.80 / Concluding Summary --- p.80 / APPENDIX --- p.82 / Sample of Questionnaire --- p.82 / Lists of Perceived Risk Equation --- p.98 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.99

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Marburg, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-156).

by Chan Wing-Fung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Incldues bibliographical references (leaves 71-73). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Internet banking --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- INTERNET BANKING: AN OVERVIEW --- p.4 / Banking Evolution --- p.4 / The Emergence of Internet Banking --- p.7 / Find/SVP Survey on Internet Banking --- p.9 / General Performance Attributes of Internet --- p.11 / Internet as a new delivery channel --- p.13 / Product --- p.13 / Price --- p.14 / Brand --- p.15 / Customer Service --- p.15 / Categories of Internet banking --- p.17 / Net presence --- p.17 / Interactive Sites --- p.18 / PC Home Banking --- p.19 / Full Internet Banking --- p.20 / The opportunity and the threat --- p.21 / Internet Banking in U.S --- p.23 / Internet Banking in Hong Kong --- p.28 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.32 / Books --- p.32 / Magazines --- p.33 / Reports and Papers --- p.36 / Journals --- p.38 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.41 / Objective --- p.41 / Methodology --- p.42 / Questionnaire --- p.43 / Chapter V. --- RESULTS --- p.47 / Demographic information --- p.47 / PC and Internet usage --- p.49 / Banking behaviour --- p.49 / Attitude towards new services --- p.50 / Attitude towards Internet banking --- p.54 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.60 / Appendix / Chapter 1. --- QUESTIONNAIRE --- p.63 / Chapter 2. --- CODING FORMAT --- p.68 / Chapter 3. --- BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.71 / Books --- p.71 / Magazines --- p.71 / Reports and Papers --- p.72 / Journals --- p.72 / Web sites --- p.73 / Chapter 4. --- LOCAL BANKS HOMEPAGES --- p.74

by Yu Wai-Yip. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-57). / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.i / LIST OF EXHIBITS --- p.iii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Project Objectives --- p.3 / Methodology --- p.3 / Chapter II. --- WHAT IS SMART CARD --- p.5 / A Brief History of Smart Card --- p.5 / Classifications of Smart Card --- p.7 / Categorization by Security Level / Contact Vs Contactless / Chapter III. --- EVOLUTION OF SMART CARD MARKETS --- p.11 / Smart Card Versus Magnetic Stripe Card --- p.11 / Possible Applications --- p.13 / Payment Applications / Transportation Applications / Healthcare Applications / Telecommuncations Applications / Global Market Trend --- p.22 / Chapter IV. --- SMART CARD APPLICATIONS IN HONG KONG --- p.25 / Transportation Applications --- p.27 / Healthcare Applications --- p.28 / Payment Applications --- p.30 / Mondex Card and Visa Cash Card / Hong Kong Jockey Club Smart Card / Identification Applications --- p.32 / Chapter V. --- ANALYSIS OF THE HONG KONG SMART CARD MARKET --- p.33 / Smart Card as An Individual Product --- p.34 / Smart Card as a Form of Monetary Exchange --- p.34 / Smart Card as a System --- p.36 / Technological Environment / Political-legal Environment / Competitive Environment / Economic Environment / Socio-cultural Environment / Perspertive of All-in-one Smart Card in Hong Kong --- p.43 / Chapter VI --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.47 / Summary --- p.47 / Conclusions --- p.48 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.51

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

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by Lam Tak-Cheung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-66). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Evolution of the Mobile Agent Paradigm --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Beneficial Aspects of Mobile Agents --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Security Threats of Mobile Agents --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2. --- Background of Cryptographic Theories --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Encryption and Decryption --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Six Cryptographic Primitives --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Symmetric Encryption --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Asymmetric Encryption --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Digital Signature --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Message Digest --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Digital Certificate --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3.6 --- Zero-Knowledge Proof --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- RSA Public Key Cryptosystem --- p.12 / Chapter 2.5 --- Blind Signature --- p.13 / Chapter 2.6 --- Secret Sharing --- p.14 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.14 / Chapter 3. --- Background of Mobile Agent Clones --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2 --- Types of Agent Clones --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Mobile Agent Cloning Problems --- p.16 / Chapter 3.4 --- Baek's Detection Scheme for Mobile Agent Clones --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- The Main Idea --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Shortcomings of Baek's Scheme --- p.18 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- Background of E-cash --- p.20 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.20 / Chapter 4.2 --- The General E-cash Model --- p.21 / Chapter 4.3 --- Chaum-Pedersen's General Transferable E-cash --- p.22 / Chapter 4.4 --- Ferguson's Single-term Off-line E-coins --- p.23 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Technical Background of the Secure Tools --- p.24 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Protocol Details --- p.27 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.30 / Chapter 5. --- A Mobile Agent Clone Detection System using General Transferable E-cash --- p.31 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter 5.2 --- Terminologies --- p.33 / Chapter 5.3 --- Mobile Agent Clone Detection System with Transferable E-cash --- p.34 / Chapter 5.4 --- Security and Privacy Analysis --- p.37 / Chapter 5.5 --- Attack Scenarios --- p.39 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- The Chosen Host Response Attack --- p.39 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- The Truncation and Substitution Attack --- p.40 / Chapter 5.6 --- An Alternative Scheme without Itinerary Privacy --- p.41 / Chapter 5.7 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.43 / Chapter 6. --- Specific Implementation of the Mobile Agent Clone Detection System with Transferable Ferguson's E-coin --- p.45 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.45 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Clone Detection Environment --- p.46 / Chapter 6.3 --- Protocols --- p.48 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Withdrawing E-tokens --- p.48 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- The Agent Creation Protocol --- p.51 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- The Agent Migration Protocol --- p.51 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Clone Detection and Culprit Identification --- p.52 / Chapter 6.4 --- Security and Privacy Analysis --- p.54 / Chapter 6.5 --- Complexity Analysis --- p.55 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Compact Passport --- p.55 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Passport growth in size --- p.56 / Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.56 / Chapter 7. --- Conclusions --- p.58 / Appendix 一 Papers derived from this thesis Bibliography

published_or_final_version / Law / Master / Master of Laws in Corporate & Financial Law

Thesis (M.Eng.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-129). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-164). Also available on the Internet.