published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

by James Chi-wang Lau, David Sai-shing Lu. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1982. / Bibliography: leaf 52.

by Mak Tsz Yee. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v / CHAPTER / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Objective --- p.1 / The Engineering Consulting Business --- p.1 / Review of Literature --- p.3 / "Value-Creation, Resources and Capabilities" --- p.4 / Cost vs. Differentiation Advantage --- p.4 / Scope of Target Market --- p.5 / Isolating Mechanisms --- p.6 / Resources and Capabilities --- p.6 / Evolutionary Economics and Dynamic Competition --- p.8 / Scope of this Study --- p.9 / Chapter II. --- GENERAL ENVIRONMENT --- p.10 / Global Segment --- p.10 / Demographic Segment --- p.11 / Economic Segment --- p.11 / Office Properties --- p.11 / Residential Properties --- p.13 / Political Segment --- p.14 / Technological Segment --- p.15 / Concluding Observation of the General Environment --- p.15 / Chapter III. --- INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT --- p.17 / Construction Industry --- p.17 / Consultancy Arrangement --- p.19 / Normal Scope of Services --- p.20 / Hong Kong Real Estate Property Market --- p.20 / Analysis of Industry Environment --- p.25 / Threat of Entry --- p.25 / Barriers to Entry --- p.25 / Economies of Scale --- p.25 / Product Differentiation --- p.26 / Capital Requirements --- p.26 / Switching Cost --- p.26 / Cost Disadvantages to New Entry Independent of Scale --- p.26 / Government Policy --- p.27 / Expected Retaliation --- p.27 / Bargaining Power of Suppliers --- p.28 / Bargaining Power of Buyers --- p.29 / Concentration of Buyers --- p.29 / Cost of Service an Insignificant Fraction of the Buyer's Cost --- p.29 / Undifferentiated Services and Low Switching Cost --- p.29 / Buyer Industry Earns Low Profits --- p.30 / Buyers Pose No Credible Threat of Backward Integration --- p.30 / The Industry's Service is Important to the Quality of the Buyers' Products --- p.30 / Threat of Substitute --- p.31 / Substitute Subject to Trends Improving Their Price-performance Trade-off --- p.31 / Profitability of Industry Producing Substitute --- p.31 / Rivalry Among Existing Competitors --- p.32 / Numerous or Equally Balance Competitors --- p.32 / Slow Industry Growth --- p.32 / Lack of Differentiation and Low Switching Cost --- p.32 / High Fixed Costs --- p.33 / Low Exit Barriers --- p.33 / Summary of Industry Analysis --- p.34 / Chapter IV. --- INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT --- p.37 / Ove Arup and Partners Company Limited --- p.37 / Review of the Resources and Capabilities of the Firm --- p.38 / Tangible Resources --- p.38 / Financial Resources --- p.38 / Physical Resources --- p.38 / Human Resources --- p.38 / Organisational Resources --- p.39 / Intangible Resources --- p.39 / Technological Resources --- p.39 / Resources for Innovation --- p.39 / Reputation --- p.40 / Identification of Core Competence --- p.40 / Weaknesses --- p.42 / Corporate-Level Strategy --- p.42 / Blurring Business-Level Strategy --- p.43 / Cost Structure --- p.43 / Human Resource Management --- p.44 / Organizational Structure --- p.44 / Market Sensing Activities --- p.44 / Concluding Remarks on Internal Environment --- p.44 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.46 / What Is Strategy? --- p.46 / Conclusions and Recommendations --- p.47 / Chapter VI. --- BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.51

by Chris Sau-hon Ma. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981. / Bibliography: leaves 51-53.

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Real Estate and Construction / Master / Master of Science in Construction Project Management

published_or_final_version / Management Studies / Master / Master of Business Administration

by Wong Chi-Wing. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Determinants of Job Satisfaction --- p.3 / Subject of Study --- p.7 / Pilot Interviews --- p.8 / Objectives of the Study --- p.11 / Hypotheses --- p.12 / Chapter II. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Population Frame and Sample Frame --- p.13 / Data Collection --- p.14 / Questionnaire Design --- p.14 / Data Analysis --- p.17 / Chapter III. --- RESULTS --- p.19 / Descriptive Statistics of Respondents --- p.19 / Reliability Analysis --- p.20 / Factor Analysis --- p.20 / Descriptive Statistics of Variables --- p.21 / Analysis of Variance --- p.22 / Correlation Among Variables --- p.23 / Multiple Regression Analysis --- p.24 / Chapter IV. --- DISCUSSION --- p.27 / General Situation of Engineers in Electronics Manufacturing Field --- p.27 / Correlation Among Overall Job Satisfaction and Other Variables --- p.29 / Factors Constituting Overall Job Satisfaction --- p.31 / Recommendations --- p.33 / Limitation of the Study --- p.35 / Suggestion for Further Research --- p.36 / Chapter V. --- SUMMARY --- p.37 / APPENDIX / Chapter I. --- Survey Questionnaire --- p.57 / Chapter II. --- Variables Investigated in the Study --- p.61 / Chapter III. --- SPSS/PC Command Programme --- p.52 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.67

by Ng Chi-kwong. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaf 75. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vi / Chapter I. --- THE 1997 ISSUE --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- EMIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN --- p.4 / The Extent of Emigration --- p.4 / The Characteristics of the Emigrating People --- p.7 / The Reasons for Emigration --- p.8 / The Impact of Emigration Turnover on Organizations --- p.10 / Chapter III. --- THE DEMAND OF GRADUATE MANPOWER --- p.13 / Chapter IV. --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES --- p.16 / Chapter V. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.19 / Research Stages --- p.19 / Research Basis for Stage One --- p.20 / Research Basis for Stage Two and Three --- p.20 / The Sample --- p.21 / Data Collection and Analysis --- p.22 / Chapter VI. --- RESULTS OF THE FIRST STAGE DISCUSSION AND THE GUIDELINES FOR THE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS IN THE THIRD STAGE OF PROJECT --- p.24 / Chapter VII. --- RESULTS OF THE STAGE TWO QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY --- p.33 / Chapter VIII. --- RESULTS OF THE FINAL STAGE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS --- p.39 / The Understanding on the 1997 Issue --- p.39 / The Satisfaction About the Present Arrangements for Hong Kong's Future --- p.40 / The Participation in the Local Political Development --- p.41 / The Perceived Functions of Building the Airport --- p.42 / The Emigration Phenomenon in the Profession --- p.43 / The Perceived Effective-ness of the Existing Government Policy to Solve the Brain-drain Problem --- p.47 / The Perceived Impact of the 1997 Issue on the Profession --- p.48 / The Impact on the Trainees' Motivation to Get Recognition in the Profession --- p.52 / Top Management Involvement in the Professional Organization --- p.52 / Chapter IX. --- DISCUSSION --- p.54 / Limitation of the Study --- p.54 / The Difference in the Questionnaire Survey and the In-depth Interviews --- p.55 / Chapter X. --- CONCLUSION --- p.57 / The Reactions and the Opinions of the Civil Engineering Trainees Concerning the1997 Issue --- p.57 / Suggestion for Further Study --- p.58 / Recommendations --- p.59 / Chapter APPENDIX 1: --- QUESTIONNAIRE --- p.61 / Chapter APPENDIX 2: --- THE RESULTS IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY --- p.65 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.75

by Lau Kwok Hung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 100-102.