Thesis (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Theses (School of Communication) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-69). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

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Consumers of news and music have embraced the Internet and its application very quickly; whereas companies in news and music have been rather more reluctant to integrate the Internet into their processes and their products and services. Only step by step- in a gradual adoption process- are they taking advantage of the new technology, generally in terms of products and services, or process and cost optimisation. / One of the main contributions of my thesis is how companies in the content sector can react to a constantly changing technological and competitive environment. Content providers in news and music do modify their business model in response to the Internet innovation and the consequences it (and the more recent mobile technologies) has for important market forces. The ‘Six forces model for Internet business models’ I developed shows how constant changes in market and company-based forces like Internet (and mobile) technology, end device development, financial constraints, customer behaviour, business structures, the competitive environment and institutional conditions constrain content providers to respond to new innovation through modification of their business model. The outcome of the business model modification itself, such as new products and services, new revenue sources, new structures for the company’s organisation and new cooperation, in turn has an impact on the market and company-based forces. To support companies’ strategic decision making I developed the ‘C+ model for content providers’ which describes a flexible, adaptable business model- not only designed for online and mobile distribution of content, but equally applicable to any business model in an increasingly competitive market environment. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2006.

Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Hudson Janisch. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

Qiu Linchuan (Jack). / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-173). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / The Objectives --- p.1 / The Assumptions --- p.2 / The Case --- p.4 / Methods --- p.9 / The Conceptual Framework --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Theoretical Background --- p.18 / Communication Technology as A Democratizer --- p.18 / Democratizer or Something Else? --- p.23 / The Concept of Mediation --- p.27 / The Mediationist Perspective --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- China's Cyberspace --- p.37 / China 's Nets and Netizens --- p.40 / Bamboo Curtains Unfurled --- p.53 / Virtual Censorship vs. Mass Media Regulation: a Comparison --- p.67 / Concluding Remarks --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Processes of Mediation --- p.79 / Internet Audience and Their Exposure --- p.80 / The Rugged Route from Exposure to Expression --- p.88 / The Gap between Virtuality and Reality --- p.98 / Concluding Remarks --- p.108 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Consequences of Mediation --- p.110 / Evaluating the Consequences --- p.110 / Selecting Online Arenas --- p.113 / Data Gathering and Coding --- p.119 / Findings --- p.130 / Concluding remarks --- p.147 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Discussions --- p.151 / Summary --- p.151 / Methodological Issues --- p.154 / Broader Implications --- p.164 / Bibliography --- p.169

Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with the planning and coordination of resource procuring, product marketing, production scheduling, and end product delivering across multiple organizations. This thesis considers the problems posed by e-Marketplace development and the design of intelligent trading agents for supply chain management in e-Marketplaces. The primary contribution of this thesis is its detailed analysis of the characteristics and properties of a typical e-Marketplace environment, its exploration of optimal trading agent strategies and its discussions of possible enhancements for the state-of-the-art e-Marketplace development and trading agent design. This research is stimulated by the recently introduced Trading Agent Competition for Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM) game scenario, which is a representation of typical e-Marketplaces. TAC SCM is the only competition-based e-Marketplace simulation system that captures the real challenges present in an integrated procurement, production and customer-bidding environment. The game was designed jointly by a team made up of researchers from the e-Supply Chain Management Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Minnesota, and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), with tremendous inputs from the research community. This thesis starts with a detailed analysis of TAC SCM e-Marketplaces. We present an abstract model of the game, which consists of the market demand and market supply models. A series of experimental results that indicate the correctness and effectiveness of the strategies will then be presented, followed by the presentation of a new negotiation mechanism for the TAC SCM component market and the presentation of a new supplier model to demonstrate how negotiation strategies can be applied in automated negotiation. We explore the areas where the current TAC SCM scenario can be improved, followed by an outline of proposed enhancements to the TAC SCM e-Marketplace mechanism. Finally the thesis concludes with a discussion of future research directions. / Master of Science (Hons.)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 72-73).