Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101). Also available in print.

The airports in Taiwan already adapted the outsourcing or contract out concept on some part of operation, such as commercial facilities, clearing, and maintenance. However, the full airport operation is still under the CAA¡¦s control. The airport operation outsourcing will be influenced by the policy, regulations, economics, social, culture of the country, also the airport scare and operation characteristic, therefore, it is difficult to define one model to meet all airport demands. This study is using Chuhai airport operation outsourcing as a case study, to induct the key factors from different faces those are considered to influence the outsourcing project. If the airport operation in Taiwan is planned to adapt outsourcing in the future, this study may provide some reference. The conclusion of this study is the influence key factors of airport operation outsourcing should consider from three faces, the external environment, the client side and contractor side. 1.The external environment: the policy (including law and regulation) and economy condition are the most important factors. 2.The client side: The law and regulation (the authorize and restriction); the organization (the strategic planning and preparation working); the management (clear object, audit mechanisms and performance evaluation). 3.The contractor side: The law and regulation (the restriction, contract reasonable, rights and responsibilities); the economic factor (profit and company strategy); the organization (the experience and capability); the management (the authority, audit mechanisms and performance evaluation).

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

<p>This thesis examines the local consequences of the restructuring of Ontario's welfare state. Changes in welfare state policies are shown to have significant impacts upon the Province's urban areas. The thesis argues that to understand the development of the welfare state it is necessary to examine the structural context in which that deveIopment occurs as weII as the actions of human agents that seek to influence policy development and to change the structures of social organisation. That is, welfare state Policy, and the restructuring of the state, are not to be seen as imposed by the state: people can influence the development of the welfare state. It is within particular locaIities that we can observe the interactions between structures and agents.</p> <p>The thesis proposes that to understand the development of the local welfare state, we need to investigate the structural context in which a locality operates; the processes at work within a locality; and the unique features of the locality itself (e.g., people's experiences of the state and their reactions to state pol icy). This study incorporates each of these dimensions to provide a comprehensive analysis of the development of the local welfare state in Ontario.</p> <p>The primary processes at work in Ontario to influence the local level or Jment of the wellfare state in the last two decades have been the deinst itutionalisation of several (previously -institutionalised populations , and the) privatisation of services which serve these people. The~e policies are shown to be the result of pressures external to the 5tate (e.g .• the demands for social services), as well as those internal pressures which have received much greater attention in UH• literature (E.g •• the state's fiscal crisis).</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)