Au Chun Chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-85). / List of Figures --- p.iii / List of Symbols and Abbreviations --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Characteristics of the Monopolistic Durable Market --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Technological Improvement in Production --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Expectation and Commitment Power --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Second-Hand Market of Durable Goods --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Trade-In --- p.11 / Chapter 1.6 --- Valuation vs. Willingness-to-Pay --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter II --- An Overview of the Literature --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Coase Conjecture --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- Dynamic Pricing and Sales Strategy --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Durability and Planned Obsolescence --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4 --- Models of Second-Hand Market --- p.21 / Chapter 2.5 --- Other Papers of Interest --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter III --- The Models --- p.25 / Chapter 3.1 --- Basic Setup and the General Method --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- "Model 1 - The Basic Model (M,C and NC)" --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- Model 2 - A Model with Second-Hand Market (S) --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- Model 3 - A Model with Trade-In (T) --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter IV --- Conclusions --- p.81 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conclusions --- p.81 / Chapter 4.2 --- Further Research Directions --- p.82 / References --- p.84

Diploma thesis deals with the development of export and import of goods and services of EU in years 2001 - 2007. There is the summary of the course before the crisis in 2001-2007 described in this work. The crisis didn't start in all EU countries at the same time. Old member countries were mostly hit by the crisis earlier than new member countries. Current crisis has had big influence at the export and the import of goods and services of EU. Crisis showed us lack both in Eurozone and in EU too.

Lou Tommy. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2007-2008, design report."

<p><strong> Syfte: </strong>Studien syftar till att identifiera upplevda risker och riskreducerare vid e-handel, samt beskriva hur dessa påverkas av produktens och Internetbutikens karaktär. </p><p><strong>Metod: </strong>Data insamlas genom enkätstudie, fokusgruppsintervjuer samt observationer. Fokusgruppsintervjuerna ger dels förklaring till enkätstudien och bidrar dels till ytterligare perspektiv. Observationer av Internetbutiker genomförs för att identifiera riskreducerare.</p><p><strong>Teori:</strong> Främst används teorier om upplevd risk, riskreducering samt produkters karaktär.</p><p><strong>Slutsats: </strong>De upplevda risker som identifierats vid köp över Internet är <em>funktionell risk</em>, <em>leveransrisk, tidsrisk</em>, <em>psykologisk risk, finansiell risk, betalningsrisk, källrisk</em> samt <em>social risk. </em>Undersökningen visar att dessa upplevda risker varierar beroende av konsumenten, produktens karaktär samt Internetbutikens karaktär. En mängd olika riskreducerare har identifierats varav word-of-mouth har varit den mest betydande och som i viss mån kan reducera samtliga risker. Produktens karaktär påverkar konsumenten gällande beslutet om köpet kommer att genomföras i en fysisk butik eller i en Internetbutik. De flesta konsumenter har en positiv attityd till att köpa exempelvis resor och böcker på Internet, medan många konsumenter däremot är negativa till att köpa kläder på Internet. Detta beror på att produktens karaktär är sådan att en utvärdering av kläders kvalitet är relativt enkel att göra i en fysisk butik, men desto svårare att göra i en Internetbutik, vilket innebär att den funktionella risken ökar. Gällande resor och böcker är produkterna lika svåra att utvärdera i en fysisk butik som i en Internetbutik. Riskreducerare kopplade till den upplevda kvaliteten kan vara kombinationer av köp från Internetbutiker och fysiska butiker, men även word-of-mouth samt egen tidigare erfarenhet av produkten. Gällande köp från internationella Internetbutiker är de främsta riskerna leveransrisk, tidsrisk och finansiell risk. Resultatet visar att konsumentens kännedom om företaget, genom tidigare egna erfarenheter eller word-of-mouth påverkar den upplevda risken. Detta gäller för både svenska och internationella Internetbutiker. </p>

Syfte: Studien syftar till att identifiera upplevda risker och riskreducerare vid e-handel, samt beskriva hur dessa påverkas av produktens och Internetbutikens karaktär.  Metod: Data insamlas genom enkätstudie, fokusgruppsintervjuer samt observationer. Fokusgruppsintervjuerna ger dels förklaring till enkätstudien och bidrar dels till ytterligare perspektiv. Observationer av Internetbutiker genomförs för att identifiera riskreducerare. Teori: Främst används teorier om upplevd risk, riskreducering samt produkters karaktär. Slutsats: De upplevda risker som identifierats vid köp över Internet är funktionell risk, leveransrisk, tidsrisk, psykologisk risk, finansiell risk, betalningsrisk, källrisk samt social risk. Undersökningen visar att dessa upplevda risker varierar beroende av konsumenten, produktens karaktär samt Internetbutikens karaktär. En mängd olika riskreducerare har identifierats varav word-of-mouth har varit den mest betydande och som i viss mån kan reducera samtliga risker. Produktens karaktär påverkar konsumenten gällande beslutet om köpet kommer att genomföras i en fysisk butik eller i en Internetbutik. De flesta konsumenter har en positiv attityd till att köpa exempelvis resor och böcker på Internet, medan många konsumenter däremot är negativa till att köpa kläder på Internet. Detta beror på att produktens karaktär är sådan att en utvärdering av kläders kvalitet är relativt enkel att göra i en fysisk butik, men desto svårare att göra i en Internetbutik, vilket innebär att den funktionella risken ökar. Gällande resor och böcker är produkterna lika svåra att utvärdera i en fysisk butik som i en Internetbutik. Riskreducerare kopplade till den upplevda kvaliteten kan vara kombinationer av köp från Internetbutiker och fysiska butiker, men även word-of-mouth samt egen tidigare erfarenhet av produkten. Gällande köp från internationella Internetbutiker är de främsta riskerna leveransrisk, tidsrisk och finansiell risk. Resultatet visar att konsumentens kännedom om företaget, genom tidigare egna erfarenheter eller word-of-mouth påverkar den upplevda risken. Detta gäller för både svenska och internationella Internetbutiker.

According to the Dutch Disease core model a boom in natural resources will eventually lead to a shift of production between sectors: from tradable goods to non-tradable goods. The authors found it interesting to research if United Arab Emirates has been a subject to any of the effects caused by the disease, due to the oil boom during the 1970s and the huge development that has appeared in the country. If the United Arab Emirates would be a vic-tim of the disease the decline in exports of the natural resource will result in a decline in the non-oil tradable goods which will affect the country negatively. Furthermore, the disease can also make it more difficult for the country to deal with the problem of high inflation. A time series covering the period 1975-2005 is used to analyse if the United Arab Emirates has experienced symptoms of the disease. Results show that the country has experienced some symptoms of the Dutch Disease during the period 1975-198 since changes in the price of oil caused tradables to shift to the non-tradable sector. Another sign of the disease is the high inflation rate Unite Arab Emirates experienced during the selected period, how-ever high inflation rate could be caused by other factors as well. Furthermore, the larger in-crease in the non-tradable sector compared to the tradable sector is also an indication of the disease in the country. According to these findings the authors can conclude that United Arab Emirates has experienced symptoms of the disease, however, it cannot be concluded that it has been a victim of the disease.

¡§Time¡¨ is fleeting. People tend to ponder the needs in the present and develop procrastination for the future. Because of these tendencies, researchers in marketing examine topics such as impulsive buying and purchase in advance. For companies, understanding how consumers perceive time differently is beneficial to their promotion strategy development. Previous research has investigated the impacts of temporal distance and time window. Based on these time perspectives, this research incorporates two moderators in influencing consumer behavior: mental simulation and product type. The study uses experimental design to explore the advertising effects and gift coupon redemption. With the manipulation of different time perspectives, two experiments are conducted. Experiment 1 is a 2 (temporal distance: near future vs. distant future) ¡Ñ 2 (mental simulation: process simulation vs. outcome simulation) ¡Ñ 2 (product type: search goods vs. experience goods) factorial design. Experiment 2 is a 2 (time window: short vs. long) ¡Ñ 2 (mental simulation: process simulation vs. outcome simulation) ¡Ñ 2 (product type: search goods vs. experience goods) factorial design. With the eight conditions, the participants¡¦ intention and behavior are assessed. Results indicate that when promoting a search good, outcome simulation presented in the ad is more effective to participants who see the near future than those who see the distant future. However, in the coupon redemption behavior, when redeeming an experience good, there will be interaction effect between time window and mental simulation. When redeeming an experience good under the long time window condition, outcome simulation gets higher redemption rate than process simulation. While under the short time window condition, process simulation enhances higher redemption rate than outcome simulation. The findings provide marketing insights regarding how to frame time and mental simulation differently in the promotions while product type is considered.

Since the reform and opening up in mainland China from 1978, there is quite a dazzling performance in international trade, it has replaced Japan as the world's third largest trading nation in 2004. She has continued to maintain our largest export market and largest source of trade surplus position. Thus, there is a new term called¡yChiwan¡z, that is, China plus Taiwan ,which Will form a new emerging economies of Asia. Contracts of international sale of goods transaction as a starting point and core. People who contracting a contract with the contracting parties intend to make the realization of their own interests. Whereas a party breaches of contract may make the other party's interests had not been achieved . Compensation for breach of contract is the most common and important method of bearing civil liability now, while damages can be considered as the most important one among those forms of compensation. As a bridge between jurisprudence and practice of compensation for breach of contract, the scope of compensation could be regarded as the core of compensation for breach of contract to certain extent.

<p>According to the Dutch Disease core model a boom in natural resources will eventually lead to a shift of production between sectors: from tradable goods to non-tradable goods. The authors found it interesting to research if United Arab Emirates has been a subject to any of the effects caused by the disease, due to the oil boom during the 1970s and the huge development that has appeared in the country. If the United Arab Emirates would be a vic-tim of the disease the decline in exports of the natural resource will result in a decline in the non-oil tradable goods which will affect the country negatively. Furthermore, the disease can also make it more difficult for the country to deal with the problem of high inflation. A time series covering the period 1975-2005 is used to analyse if the United Arab Emirates has experienced symptoms of the disease. Results show that the country has experienced some symptoms of the Dutch Disease during the period 1975-198 since changes in the price of oil caused tradables to shift to the non-tradable sector. Another sign of the disease is the high inflation rate Unite Arab Emirates experienced during the selected period, how-ever high inflation rate could be caused by other factors as well. Furthermore, the larger in-crease in the non-tradable sector compared to the tradable sector is also an indication of the disease in the country. According to these findings the authors can conclude that United Arab Emirates has experienced symptoms of the disease, however, it cannot be concluded that it has been a victim of the disease.</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.