published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts

Este informe es una aproximación a un tema muy concreto del Internet, dentro y fuera de China, los medios sociales. De este gran universo, enfoca cuatro formatos digitales (mensajería instantánea, motor de búsqueda, redes sociales y microblogging) que también se utilizan en el circuito local para explicar a través de ellos cómo está marchando el Internet en China, las características tan particulares de sus pasos de gigante, y quizás lo más importante, hacia dónde se dirige. La comparación con sus pares extranjeras se utiliza solo para efectos de una mejor comprensión.Finalmente, estos medios sociales en la red local son piezas del verdadero motor de cambio, más allá de las fronteras digitales: el internauta chino. / Tesis

abstract / Journalism and Media Studies Centre / Master / Master of Journalism

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Este informe es una aproximación a un tema muy concreto del Internet, dentro y fuera de China, los medios sociales. De este gran universo, enfoca cuatro formatos digitales (mensajería instantánea, motor de búsqueda, redes sociales y microblogging) que también se utilizan en el circuito local para explicar a través de ellos cómo está marchando el Internet en China, las características tan particulares de sus pasos de gigante, y quizás lo más importante, hacia dónde se dirige. La comparación con sus pares extranjeras se utiliza solo para efectos de una mejor comprensión.Finalmente, estos medios sociales en la red local son piezas del verdadero motor de cambio, más allá de las fronteras digitales: el internauta chino.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Communication

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education

by Yeung Kwan Ho. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-77). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii. / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.0. --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- Research Objective --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3. --- The Conceptual Model --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4. --- The Research Design --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5. --- Significance of this study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.6. --- Our Thesis Outline --- p.4 / Chapter II. --- DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET TRADING / Chapter 2.0. --- Overview --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1. --- Development of Internet in US --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Internet in US --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Implications on US internet trading --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2. --- Development of E-commerce in US --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- E-commerce in US --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Internet Shopping and behaviors --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.3. --- Internet banking and finance in US --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3. --- Development of Internet and E-commerce in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.1. --- Internet and E-commerce in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.2. --- E-commerce Development in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.3. --- Internet Banking and Finance in Hong Kong --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3.4. --- Implications of internet and local e-commerce on internet trading --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4. --- Development of Internet Trading in US --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.1. --- Background of internet trading in US --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.2. --- Development and the internet traders --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4.3. --- Transaction System in US --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4.4. --- Security System in US --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4.5. --- Regulations in US --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5. --- Development of Internet Trading in Hong Kong --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5.1. --- Background and the Development --- p.32 / Chapter 2.5.2. --- Transaction System in Hong Kong --- p.36 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Security System in Hong Kong --- p.37 / Chapter 2.5.4. --- Regulations in Hong Kong --- p.38 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.40 / Chapter 3.0. --- Overview --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1. --- Review of Past Studies in Internet Trading --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2. --- Conceptual Framework: Theory of Reasoned Action --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3. --- Conceptual Model --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4. --- The Causal Relations Among Constructs --- p.46 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.49 / Chapter 4.0. --- Overview --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1. --- The Research Design --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2. --- The Sample and the Sampling Procedure --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3. --- Operationalization of the Constructs --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4. --- Data Analysis --- p.56 / Chapter 4.5. --- Research Activities --- p.57 / Chapter V. --- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS --- p.59 / Chapter 5.0. --- Overview --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1. --- Structural Equation Modeling --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.1 . --- The Original Conceptual Model --- p.60 / Chapter 5.1.2. --- The Modified Conceptual Model --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2. --- Discussion --- p.63 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.65 / Chapter 6.0. --- Overview --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1. --- Summary of the Research --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2. --- Managerial Implications --- p.55 / Chapter 6.3. --- Limitations and Future Directions --- p.68 / BIBIOGRAPHY --- p.70 / APPENDIX --- p.78