張曉宇. / "2006年8月" / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(leaves 139-161). / "2006 nian 8 yue" / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhang Xiaoyu. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 139-161). / Chapter 第一章： --- 緒論 --- p.2-8 / Chapter 第二章： --- 前人硏究槪述 --- p.9-22 / Chapter 第三章： --- 宋代在室女的婚姻與嫁妝 / Chapter 第一節： --- 婚姻論財 --- p.23-31 / Chapter 第二節： --- 嫁妝與聘財之意義與分別 --- p.31-40 / Chapter 第四章： --- 宋代「在室女」法律場域中的財產承分形態 / Chapter 第一節： --- 反思法律場域中在室女財產承受的一些前提 --- p.41-51 / Chapter 第二節： --- 在室女財產承分考之一：非戶絶情況下的遺囑分產 --- p.51-64 / Chapter 第三節： --- 在室女財產承分考之二 ：戶絶情況下的分產 --- p.64-78 / Chapter 第四節： --- 在室女財產承分考之三：在室女與命繼子 --- p.78-86 / Chapter 第五節： --- 在室女財產承分考之四：試釋「女合得男之半」 --- p.86-93 / Chapter 第六節： --- 法律場域中的兩點結論 --- p.93-94 / Chapter 第五章： --- 宋代「在室女」其他社會領域中的財產形態 / Chapter 第一節： --- 嫁妝財產的其他形態 --- p.95-110 / Chapter 第二節： --- 工作與家庭中的在室女財產形態 --- p.110-128 / Chapter 第三節： --- 關於在室女財產問題的兩點延伸思考 --- p.128-131 / Chapter 第六章： --- 結語 --- p.132-135 / 附錄一：南宋文集所見婚啓定書 --- p.135-138 / 參考書目： --- p.139-161

This thesis extends the literature on institutional accounting by providing a new channel---proprietary information leakage between competitors---through which institutions affect accounting attributes and information disclosure. Weak property rights protection exacerbates outflow of proprietary information on operation, thus reduces managers' incentive to disclose financial information and other operation related information since the disclosed information will be helpful for competitors to learn more about proprietary information on operation of the firm. The channel is built with two links. One is the link between property rights protection and R&D spillovers, which proxy for proprietary information disclosure, and the other is the link between R&D spillovers and transparency. Empirical results show that R&D spillovers are negatively associated with regional property rights protection. In addition, I find that innovation output depends less on in house R&D investment and more on R&D spillovers from competitors in regions with weak property rights protection than in regions with strong protection and that the level of R&D expenditures is positively associated with property rights protection. Some evidence is found that firms with more R&D spillovers are more likely to have opaque earnings and disclose less firm-specific information. The relationship is stronger in regions with weak property rights protection than in regions with strong protection, indicating that firms are more likely to utilize opacity to prevent proprietary information leakage when R&D spillovers are large. / Yu, Xin. / Adviser: Joseph P. H. Fan. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A, page: 2123. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-79). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Chan, Hoi Ling Anne. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-206). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English) --- p.iv / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.vi / Acknowledgement --- p.vii / List of Abbreviations --- p.xiv / List of Figures --- p.XV / List of Tables --- p.xvii / List of Maps --- p.xix / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Current Situation in Hong Kong --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Questions and Objectives --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Theoretical approach --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Research Significance --- p.6 / Chapter 1.6 --- Scope of Study --- p.7 / Chapter 1.7 --- Thesis Structure --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Chapter 2.1 --- Place and Landscape --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- From Place to Landscape / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Underpinning of the Concept of Landscape / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Landscape Interfaces / Chapter 2.2 --- Cultural Heritage and Landscape --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Values and Functions / Chapter 2.2.2 --- “Reading´ح the Cultural Landscape / Chapter 2.3 --- Conceptualizing a Sense of Place --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Place and Placelessness / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Multidimensionality of Sense of Place / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Measurement of Sense of Place / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion - Gap of Knowledge --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2 --- Mixed Method Approach --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3 --- Research Framework --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4 --- Research Design --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Site Selection / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Documentary Research / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Field Observation / Chapter 3.4.4 --- In-Depth Interview / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Questionnaire / Chapter 3.5 --- Data Analysis --- p.68 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Qualitative Data / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Quantitative Data / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.74 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY AREA / Chapter 4.1 --- Geographical Context --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Location of Yau Ma Tei / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Demographic Structure of Yau Ma Tei / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Spatial Distribution of Built Heritage and Street Culture in Yau Ma Tei / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Temporal Distribution of Activities / Chapter 4.2 --- Historical Context --- p.81 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Built Heritage / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Street Culture / Chapter 4.3 --- Opportunities and Challenges --- p.88 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.90 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- PLACE DEPENDENCE / Chapter 5.1 --- Importance of Place Dependence --- p.92 / Chapter 5.2 --- Historical and Familial Linkages --- p.93 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Historical Linkagese / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Familial Linkages / Chapter 5.3 --- Material Linkages --- p.107 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Economical Dependence / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Lack of Choice / Chapter 5.4 --- Social and Cultural Significance of Heritage in Yau Ma Tei --- p.114 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Social Networking and Interactions / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Daily Life / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Personal Experience Reflection / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Cultural Representation / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.120 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- PLACE ATTACHMENT / Chapter 6.1 --- Conceptualizing Place Attachment --- p.122 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Factors Determining Place Attachment / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Narratives / Chapter 6.2 --- How do the Locals attach to the Place through Heritage? --- p.124 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Residents / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Shop Owners / Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.140 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- PLACE IDENTITY / Chapter 7.1 --- Conceptualizing Place Identity --- p.141 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Symbolism and Place Identity / Chapter 7.2 --- Heritage as Place Icons in Yau Ma Tei --- p.143 / Chapter 7.3 --- Place Icon in Yau Ma Tei --- p.145 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Icons of Yau Ma Tei: Insiders vs. Outsiders / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Icons of Yau Ma Tei: Short Residency vs. Long Residency / Chapter 7.4 --- Meanings of the Icons --- p.152 / Chapter 7.5 --- Conclusion --- p.159 / Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- THEORETICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SENSE OF PLACE AND HERITAGE LANDSCAPE / Chapter 8.1 --- Forces Shaping the Landscape in Yau Ma Tei --- p.160 / Chapter 8.1.1 --- External Force - Role of Government Policies / Chapter 8.1.2 --- External Force - Role of Experts / Chapter 8.1.3 --- Internal Force - Role of Local Community / Chapter 8.1.4 --- Internal Force - Role of District Council / Chapter 8.2 --- Application of Modified Cultural Values Model --- p.177 / Chapter 8.2.1 --- Enrichment / Chapter 8.2.2 --- Accumulation / Chapter 8.2.3 --- Identification / Chapter 8.3 --- Conclusion --- p.182 / Chapter CHAPTER 9 --- CONCLUSIONS / Chapter 9.1 --- Summary of the Findings --- p.183 / Chapter 9.2 --- Limitations --- p.187 / Chapter 9.3 --- Future Research - Cultural Tourism --- p.189 / References --- p.191 / Appendices --- p.207

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

The thesis focuses on those factors which affect firm growth in the setting of the Chinese transition economy, such as size, age, entrepreneurship, resources, and environment. As regards the complexity of the business expansion mechanism, an interdisciplinary approach combining the fields of economics and management is adopted. Using fieldwork methods, new data were gathered in face-to-face interviews with 83 owner-managers of the Chinese privately owned firms in P. R. China in 2004, as well as in follow-up telephone interviews in 2006. The unique body of qualitative and quantitative data in terms of firm operation, human resources management, finance, technology and innovation, enterprise culture and competitive environment, were collected by a specially designed survey instrument, and enabled a number of new hypotheses to be tested in both economic and managerial aspects. With respect to the modern developments of Gibrat’s Law (1931) and Jovanovic’s Learning Theory (1982) in economics, the effects of two “stylized factors”, namely size and age, along with a vector of firm-specific, environmental and selection bias variables, on firm growth, were examined in Heckman’s (1979) two-step selection model with the correction for sample selection bias and heteroscedasticity. The results indicated that the “stylized facts” that smaller and younger firms grew faster were also valid in the setting of China. This thesis also explored managerial factors contributing to firm growth – viz. entrepreneurship theory, resource-based view in strategic management, and contingency theory in organizational behaviour. A variety of statistical methods were utilized to operationalize entrepreneurial orientation (EO), intangible assets (IA), and contingency factors (e.g. structure, environment, strategy, etc), and econometric models were estimated to examine their relationship with firm dynamics. The evidence suggested that IA might be more capable of facilitating firm growth than EO. However, when both were disaggregated into a lower level of attributes, the influences on growth may vary. Further, contingency theory, originally proposed for the case of larger firms in the west, was also validated in this study on the Chinese sampled firm. The combination of organizational forms and contingency configurations presented a higher power to explain business expansion. It implied that “the good fit” of contingency factors influenced firm dynamics only in a moderate way, whereas “the badness of fit” in configuration could engender either the highest or lowest firm growth, subject to their organizational structures.

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. / Department of Government and Public Administration