published_or_final_version / Geography and Geology / Master / Master of Philosophy

Bakgrund: De kinesiska aktiemarknaderna har tidigare omskrivits för att vara volatila. Samtidigt har börserna i framför allt Fastlandskina varit svårtillgängliga för utländska investerare. Under 2014 lanserades Stock Connect, ett system som underlättade för utländska institutioner att handla aktier på börserna i Fastlandskina. Studien vill därför undersöka sambandet mellan volatilitet och grad av utländskt ägande samt vilken påverkan Stock Connect haft. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att analysera sambandet mellan grad av utländskt ägande och volatilitet på börserna i Fastlandskina samt inverkan av Stock Connect. Metod: Studien tillämpar en kvantitativ metod med en deduktiv ansats. Med hjälp av tidsseriedata över historisk volatilitet och grad av utländskt ägande över perioden 2006–2023 genomförs regressioner samt Chow- och t-test för att analysera samband. Vidare testas för ytterligare variabler som med stöd i litteratur och tidigare forskning kan påverka volatiliteten så som ränta, inflation, konsumentförtroende och politiskt styre. Resultat: Studiens resultat visar på att det finns ett signifikant samband mellan volatilitet och grad av utländskt ägande i Fastlandskina, där en ökad grad av utländskt ägande medför en minskad volatilitet. Studien finner även att Stock Connect har haft en signifikant påverkan på volatiliteten och det utländska ägandet, där det utländska ägandet är högre efter Stock Connect samtidigt som volatiliteten är signifikant lägre. / Background: The Chinese stock markets have previously been described as volatile. At the same time, the stock exchanges in mainland China in particular have been difficult to access by foreign investors. In 2014, Stock Connect was launched, a system that made it easier for foreign institutions to trade shares on the stock exchanges in mainland China. The study therefore wants to examine the relationship between volatility and degree of foreign ownership and what impact Stock Connect had. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship between degree of foreign ownership and volatility on the stock exchanges in mainland China and the impact of Stock Connect. Methodology: The study applies a quantitative method with a deductive approach. Using time series data on historical volatility and degree of foreign ownership over the period 2006–2023, regressions, Chow test and t-tests are performed to analyze relationships. Furthermore, additional variables are tested that, with support in literature and previous research, can affect volatility such as interest rate, inflation, consumer confidence and political leader. Results: The results of the study show that there is a significant relationship between volatility and degree of foreign ownership in mainland China, where an increased degree of foreign ownership leads to reduced volatility. The study also finds that Stock Connect has had a significant impact on volatility and foreign ownership, where foreign ownership is higher after Stock Connect while volatility is significantly lower.

Cohort study found that being insured and having longer exposure of health insurance significantly increased migrant workers' likelihood to use professional healthcare in Shenzhen, decreased their total occasions of professional healthcare utilisation, and were causally associated with a decrease in professional healthcare expenditures which were paid out-of-pocket in the 6 months of follow-up by migrant workers. / Internal migration has become a more and more prominent societal and economic phenomenon in mainland China and Shenzhen is one of the most frequently selected locales for rural-urban migrants. This thesis aims 1) to assess health status and to describe patterns of healthcare utilisation amongst migrant factory workers, 2) to follow up the sample over 6 months to understand the impact of health insurance participation on health service utilisation and health expenditures, and 3) to assess the implications for health policies. / Our results suggest that health strategies should take into consideration the specific health needs of the highly mobile factory migrant workers. Through insurance coverage, local health authorities may be able to help improve rural-urban migrant workers' health by improving services at community level, and incorporating psychological care in the services provided by Community Health Centres. / Questionnaire surveys were used in a representative sample from factory workers in Shenzhen. The baseline and follow-up studies were conducted during April to December 2009 in Shenzhen, China. / Results show that migrant factory workers in Shenzhen represent a broad combination of geographic complexity and have special socio-demographic characteristics. The results have specified some association between self-rated health and SES, and major correlates of depressive symptoms amongst migrant factory workers. The seroprevalence of antibodies to rubella amongst female migrant workers is too low to provide immunity in the population. Sex, age, education, sleeping hours and internet use were associated with being a current smoker. The crude two-week illness rate was 21.6%. More than half and 11.6% of sick migrant workers chose self-treatment or neglected their sickness, respectively. Self-perception of disease being not severe, lack of time and economic difficulties were the major explanations for not utilizing professional care. / Mou, Jin. / Adviser: Sian Meryl Griffiths. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-02, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-270). / 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, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Fung Tat Wai Ken. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2008-2009, design report." / Urban Ruins: Empowering the Underprivileged --- p.4-17 / "This thesis is inspired by two social and economic issues: Urban Ruins and migrant workers. Here urban ruins refer to suspended or abandoned structures resulting from speculation failures caused by market and financial fluctuations. Through a comparison between these unoccupied and often unfinished structures and ""traditional"" ruins like those resulting from natural disasters, it is obvious that they share common characteristics and Urban Ruins are thus named. For example, they both consist of visible and invisible parts, though they represent different time and space." / Guangdong Region --- p.18-23 / "Following the real estate boom in the 1990s, there were once more than 300 Urban Ruins in Guangdong Province. However in the past 10 years, most of the suspended projects have been resumed and completed by developers, this phenomenon has given rise to worries at the beginning of research that it might not be the right time to touch on this issue, yet the recent financial crisis has again proven the periodic nature of the issue that is worthwhile further investigation." / Shenzhen - Dongmen Building --- p.24-37 / "Dongmen Building one of the remaining few existing Urban Ruins in Shenzhen urban area. It is a special case that the cause of its suspension is not only financial and market forces, the original developer has been cheated by other company, taking away all the capital that were invested into this building, the construction was then brought to a halt since the completion of the concrete structure more than 10 years ago. This is going to be the site of the intervention." / Shenzhen - A Transient City --- p.38-43 / "Apart from the property market, Shenzhen has been growing exponentially since it was declared Special Economic Zone in 1979, plus its geographical advantage of its proximity to Hong Kong, it has been functioning as the hinterland to Hong Kong providing cheap products and services. The manufacturing industry and services sector flourished, attracting migrant workers from all over China. These migrant workers do not have a local hukou, meaning they are not registered residence in Shenzhen, they face problems of employment, accommodation and low wages. Making the migrant workers the underprivileged and over exploited group in the economy." / "According to a recent survey, there are as much as 100 million migrant workers in China, of which one tenth of them are working in the Guangdong Province. Migrant workers, together with associated Village in the City issue pose a rising social demographic problem to the authorities." / Program --- p.44-49 / "Based on these two issues, Urban Ruins and migrant workers, a programmatic approach has been adopted. The proposed program is composed of 3 scales, firstly on a city wide scale responding to periodical market fluctuations that created Urban Ruins by taking the abandoned structure as a host for intervention. Secondly on a national-wide scale dealing with perennial population flow of migrant workers and tourists, providing temporary residence for migrant workers who are forced to stay in Shenzhen or those who just arrived in search for jobs. Thirdly on a more local scale, accommodating daily needs of public transport and recycling in the Dongmen commercial district." / Empowering the under-privileged and the over-exploited --- p.50-53 / "Going back to the title of the thesis, how to empower the under-privileged? It could be achieved by using their own expertise, agricultural knowledge, by means of an urban farm. The urban farm ties up all the other previously mentioned programs, they work in a symbiotic relationship that the public transport interchange bring shoppers to the marketplace where the produces from the urban farm, while the kitchen waste collected from the commercial district can be treated at the recycling centre suppling organic fertiliser to the urban farm. The temporary residence is run on the financial support from the profit of the marketplace and also the hostel for tourists. This establishment could be a centre for new arrivals in Shenzhen, providing vocational training of hydroponic agriculture and accommodation while they can look for other jobs." / Hydroponics and Vertical Farming --- p.54-57 / "The conventional type of farm is not feasible on the tower due the required soil depth cannot be achieved on the origi- nal structure. Hydroponic farming is introduced to produce high economic value crops like fruits and flowers. Moreover, the skills required by hydroponic farming can be acquired by the migrant workers as vocational training." / Parasitic Approach --- p.58-64 / "In order to maintain a ruin-like quality of the existing structure to create a""scar of greed"" in the city, the design approach would partly retain the existing appearance and introduce the new programs as parasitic structures. Three parasitic operations: Attachment, Add-on and Intrusion were identified from a study of parasitic structures. In the preliminary design proposal, the growing area is applied an attachment on the southern facades with other programs such as residence punching through into the existing structure as intrusions."

Background. In average hypertensive patients m China, approximately 3-4 major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events can be prevented in 100 treated with anti-hypertensive drugs for 5 years. Previous cross-sectional studies in healthy individuals showed that their willingness to payout of pocket for anti-hypertensive drugs dropped substantively after they were informed of the quantitative benefits, harms and costs of the treatment. These findings suggest, importantly, that patients should be provided with evidence and engaged in decision making for such conditions as hypertension in order to make decisions that will satisfy patients. This large effect of evidence-informed decision making found in the cross-sectional study has, however, not been confirmed in more rigorous studies and in diagnosed hypertensive patients in the country. We therefore conducted this randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of individualized, evidence-based counseling on medicine-using behaviors of hypertensive patients. / Methods. This is a randomized controlled trial with 210 patients with mild hypertension and free of CVD recruited in two primary care centers in Shenzhen, China. Individualized, evidence-based counseling on antihypertensive treatment and general counseling on lifestyle modifications (103 patients) were compared with general counseling alone (107 patients). The counseling was provided face-to-face and reinforced by a telephone call a week later. The key information provided in the intervention group included the lO-year CVD risk estimated based on an individual's risk factors, individualized benefit expressed in the absolute risk reduction, side effects, and costs of antihypertensive drugs. Medication use and good adherence at 6-month follow up were used as the primary outcomes. / Results. At baseline, the mean age of patients was 54.3 (SD=7.8) years, 49% were men, 62.4% were currently taking antihypertensive medicines which was all covered by health insurance. The overall attrition rate was 8.6%. At six months, the rate of medication use was marginally higher in the intervention group than that in the control group (65.0% vs 57.9%; odds ratio (OR) = l.35, 95% confidence interval (Cl): [0.77, 2.36]; P value= 0.290). The rate of good adherence in the intervention group was also slightly higher than that in the control group (43.7% vs 40.2%; OR= 1.15, 95% Cl: [0.67, 2.00]; P value= 0.607). The difference in medication use and good adherence between the intervention and control groups was however not statistically significant. The results remained unchanged in multivariate and sensitivity analyses. / Conclusions. The individualized, evidence-based counseling made little difference to the use of and adherence to anti-hypertensive medications in insured patients with mild hypertension in China. The lack of effect of informed decision making is likely a result of persistence of entrenched practice in particular for insured clinical conditions. The finding of this study raises important questions as to whether insurance policies and clinical guidelines reflect the true needs and opinions of the patients, and about the usefulness of informing and engaging patients in decision-making under such circumstances. / 背景：對100 例一般中國高血壓患者，進行持續5 年的降壓藥物治療，可預防心腦血管事件3-4 例。健康人群中進行的橫斷面調查結果顯示，研究對象在獲得降塵藥物治療量化的收益、副作用和花費的信息後，其支付意願明顯下降。此結果的重要提示是，應向患者提供此類信息，並且患者參與自身的醫療決策，使其能夠做出符合其價值觀等的決定。然而，目前尚未在中國開展相闊的隨機對照試驗。上述知情決策的顯著效果亦尚未在患者中得到證實。在此項隨機對照試驗中，我們蚣評價個體化、循證諮詢對高血壓患者服藥情況的影響。 / 方法：這是一項雙中心的隨機對照試驗。研究共納入輕度高血壓患者210例，這些患者均無心腦血管病。干預組患者(共103 例)接受關於降壓藥物的個體化、循證諮詢和生活習慣調整的一般諮詢，對照組患者(共107 例)僅接受一般諮詢。我們為每組患者均提供當面諮詢，並於一周後通過電話進行加強。為干預組患者提供的主要信息包括:基於每例患者危險因素評估的10 年心血管病風險，降塵藥物治療的收益、副作用及花費。其中收益以絕對風險降低表示。以諮詢結束後六個月時患者服藥和良好依從性作為主要結局指標。 / 結果：基線調查中，患者的平均年齡為54. 3 (標準差為7.8) 歲，有49% 的患者為男性， 62. 峭的患者目前正在服用降塵藥物，所有患者的降塵藥物花費均由醫療保險全部或部分支付。研究中總失訪率為8.6% 。諮詢結束後六個月，干預組患者整體服藥率較對照組患者稍高(干預組65.0% 對照組57.9%比值比:1.35，95%可信區問: [0.77 ，2.36];p=0.290) 。干預組患者中，良好依從性的比例亦稍高於對照組(干預組43.7%，對照組40.2%:比值比:1.15 , 95%可信區問: [0.67，2.00]; p= 0.607)。在多因素分析和敏感性分析中，上述結果均無顯著變化。 / 結論：個體化、循證諮詢並未明顯改變中國醫療保險覆蓋下輕度高血壓患者的服藥情況。知情決策無明顯效果很可能由固定化的醫療實踐導致，這種情況對醫療保險覆蓋的治療尤其突出。此研究的發現還引出了兩個重要問題:現行的醫療保險制度和臨床指南是否反映患者的真實需要和想法，患者知情並參與決策是否必要。 / Di, Mengyang. / Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-139). / Abstracts also in Chinese; some appendixes in Chinese. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on 06, October, 2016). / Di, Mengyang. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

在以个人主义为文化核心的西方发达国家，关于个体转成人这一生命历程的研究早在二十世纪中期就已兴起。但在以家庭和关系为主导文化的中国，关于个体转成人的研究却非常少见。另一方面，在全球范围内流动人口年轻化的趋势下，已经有一些研究开始关注流动人口的转成人生命历程。但在拥有大量新生代乡-城流动人口的中国，却鲜有研究关注这一群体所处的转成人生命历程。为了弥补这些空白，本研究将探索中国新生代乡-城流动人口的转成人及其成人身份认同。 / 作为质性研究，研究者通过目的抽样的方法获得19位来自深圳市的、具有不同人口学特征的访谈对象。通过对被访者外出、工作以及婚恋经历进行深入访谈与分析，本研究获得了非常重要的发现。首先，新生代乡-城流动人口的转成人呈现非阶段、非线性、漫长、漂泊以及高风险的特征。第二，这一群体的转成人既非个体被各样社会环境单方面影响和形塑的过程，也非具有统一的年龄界限和发展任务的发展阶段，而是能动的个体与社会环境不断互动的过程，体现出丰富的社会、文化与个体多样性。第三，在成人身份认同方面，这一群体并非单纯地将年龄的增长与社会角色的转变看作其转成人的重要标志，而是更看重自身所具备的应对城市生存挑战和满足农村家庭伦理要求的能力，呈现生存取向与伦理取向相结合的特点。 / 本研究一方面挑战了成年初显期这一普遍运用于西方个体转成人研究中的新兴概念，另一方面，也挑战了传统的生命发展阶段视角对个体成长过程的线性的、阶段化以及标准化的理解。更重要的，本研究为中国本土关于新生代乡-城流动人口的研究提出了新的、整合的研究视角，即整合的生命历程视角。最后，研究者提倡关于新生代乡-城流动人口的社会政策与服务的设计应该具有整合的生命历程的视角，因为个体在转成人过程中的每一个选择都会影响其整个生命历程的福祉。更具体的，研究者从家庭、教育、就业、草根劳工NGO、籍制度、与社会福利制度等方面提出关于促进其转成人过程顺利进行、提高其社会福利的政策建议。 / Research on individuals’ transition to adulthood has emerged from the mid-20th century in Western developed countries with individualism as the core of culture. However, in China with family and relationship as the dominated culture, research regarding individuals’ transition to adulthood is rare. On the other side, research about the transition to adulthood among young migrants has sprung up under the context of global mobility in which young migrants become the major drive. However, there is little research focusing on the very transition-to-adulthood life course among young-generation rural-urban migrants in China while this age group has gradually dominated the whole rural-urban migrants. This study is to fill these research gaps. / This research explored the transition-to-adulthood experience and adult identity among Chinese young-generation rural-urban migrants. As a qualitative research, the researcher obtained 19 participants in Shenzhen by purposive sampling. Through two rounds of face-to-face in-depth interview about their life experience in migration, work and intimate relationship, this research found that the transition-to-adulthood trajectory of the participants is neither linear nor progressive; it is rather prolonged, recursive, floating, and fused with instability, contingency and risks. / Second, this research indicated that the transition to adulthood among the participants is neither a one-way process in which the individuals were passively influenced by social environment, nor a normative life stage with unified age ranks and developmental tasks. Rather, it is an interactive process between individual agency and different social environment and a trajectory with social, cultural and individual diversities. / Third, with regard to the formation of adult identity, the participants did not consider the age and role transition as the main markers of becoming adults. On the contrary, they took high regard of the ability and responsibility in coping with survival environment in cities and fulfilling the ethic requirements and expectations from their families. In other words, their adult identity formation is both survival-oriented and ethic-oriented which was molded by their status as rural-urban migrants. / This research challenged the concept of emerging adulthood which has been widely used in transition to adulthood research in western society. This research also challenged the traditional life stage perspective which understood individual’s life development as linear and normalized stages. More important, this research introduced a brand-new and more integrated research perspective ─ integrated life course - to research on young-generation rural-urban migrants in China. / This research advocated that social polices targeting on the young-generation rural-urban migrants in China should be designed in integrated life course perspective because each life choice during transition to adulthood will influence the participants’ wellbeing. More specifically, the researcher proposed some key advice on policies and services in the areas of family, education and labor market, for supporting the participants’ transition to adulthood and enhancing their social welfare. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 趙瑞玲. / Parallel title from added title page. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 326-361). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Zhao Ruiling.

Tjia Sau-wah, Susana. / Includes Chinese questionaire. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-83). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF EXHIBITS --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vii / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Organization of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- China's Economic Development --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- China's Industries --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Effect of the Economic Development --- p.3 / Chapter l .3 --- Fast Food Industry In China --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Environmental Factors Contributing to the Growth of Fast Food Chains in China --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- High Consumption Power --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- High Population Growth Rate --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Changing Consumer Taste --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4.4. --- Social Changes --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4.5 --- Keen Competition within the Hong Kong Fast Food Market --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Investment in China --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Overview of China Foreign Investment --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Doing Business in China --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5.3 --- The Regional Policy of China --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5.4 --- China's Tertiary Industry --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5.5 --- China's Investment Prospects --- p.17 / Chapter II. --- RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND OBJECTIVES --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1 --- Research Interest --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Why Study Fast Food in China --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Why Shenzhen? --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Purpose of the Study --- p.21 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- Highlights of Consumer Behavioral Studies --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Consumer Behavior --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Individual Differences --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Environmental Forces --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Psychological Processes --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3 --- Consumer Decision Making Process --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Problem Recognition --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Information Search --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Alternative Evaluation and Decision --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Post-Purchase Assessment --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- Consumer Behavior's Role in the Design of the Marketing Strategy --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Market Segmentation --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Product --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Pricing --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Promotion --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Distribution --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5 --- Personal Influences --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- The Concept of Group --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Primary and Secondary Reference Groups --- p.33 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Group Influences --- p.34 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Word-of-Mouth Influence --- p.35 / Chapter 3.5.5 --- Implications of Personal Influence --- p.35 / Chapter 3.6 --- Fast Food Operations --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Origin of Fast Food --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Considerations in Doing Fast Food Business --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- The Definition of Fast Food --- p.37 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- Before Starting the Secondary Data Search --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Secondary Data Search --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- Primary Data Collection --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Field Observation --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2.2. --- Personal Interviews --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Questionnaire --- p.42 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Sampling --- p.43 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Method of Administration --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Data Presentation --- p.46 / Chapter V. --- FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1 --- General Purchase and Consumption Patterns --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Definition of Fast Food --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Brand awareness --- p.48 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Type of Fast Food Available --- p.48 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Frequency of Visits --- p.49 / Chapter 5.1.5 --- Time of Consumption and Purchase --- p.49 / Chapter 5.1.6 --- Consumer Expenditure on Fast Food --- p.50 / Chapter 5.1.7 --- The Advertising Strategy --- p.51 / Chapter 5.1.8 --- Channels of Communication --- p.51 / Chapter 5.1.9 --- Ideal Location for Fast Food Shops --- p.52 / Chapter 5.1.10 --- Companions in Visiting Fast Food Shops --- p.53 / Chapter 5.2 --- Cross-Tabulation Analysis --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Style of Food Choice --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Frequency of Visits --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Expenditures on Fast Food --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Influence on Visits --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3 --- Marketing Mix Influencing Buying Decisions --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Motivating Factors Influencing Buying Decisions --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Impact of Promotional Activities --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Impact of Location Aspects --- p.64 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Impact of Product Attributes --- p.65 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Impact of Service Quality --- p.66 / Chapter VI. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.67 / Chapter 6.1 --- Target Markets for Fast Food --- p.67 / Chapter 6.2 --- Marketing Mix for Fast Food Operators --- p.68 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Recommended Marketing Mix --- p.69 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Product Strategy --- p.69 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Pricing Strategy --- p.71 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Place (Location) Strategy --- p.72 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Promotional Strategy --- p.74 / Chapter 6.4 --- Concluding Comments --- p.76 / Chapter VII. --- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY --- p.78 / Chapter 7.1 --- Heterogeneous Population in China --- p.78 / Chapter 7.2 --- Time and Resource Constraints --- p.78 / Chapter 7.3 --- Sampling Method --- p.79 / Chapter 7.4 --- Small Sample Size --- p.79 / Chapter 7.5 --- Seasonal Factor --- p.79 / Chapter 7.6 --- Response and Non-response Bias --- p.80 / Chapter 7.7 --- Reliability and Validity --- p.80 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.81 / APPENDICES --- p.84

by Kei Man Keung, Tong Suk Yi. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-39). / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- THE CHINESE CAPITAL MARKET --- p.6 / Chapter III. --- DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.10 / Cases Description --- p.10 / Event 1: Hong Kong Handover (1 July 1997) --- p.11 / Event 2: Zhu Rongji Elected the Prime Minister (March 1998) --- p.11 / Event 3: U.S.- China Summit (25 June 1998) --- p.12 / Event 4: The Chinese Embassy Bombingin Yugoslavia (8 May 1999) --- p.13 / Event 5: China's WTO Entry (15 November 1999) --- p.13 / Event 6: Macau Handover (20 December 1999) --- p.14 / Three Models --- p.15 / Chapter IV. --- EMPIRICAL RESULTS --- p.20 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.26 / APPENDIX --- p.28 / BILIOGRAPHY --- p.35

Conclusions: Participatory training was more effective in improving KAP scores than didactic training. Participatory training could reduce occurrence of injury and sick leave, but not MSD at one year follow up. The cost-benefit ratio of participatory training was better compared to didactic training. The participatory training could be recommended for training frontline workers. / In the year after training, the incidence rates of injury events reduced from 144.5 per 1,000 person-years to 73.5 per 1,000 person-years (Z=3.199, p<0.001) in intervention group. No statistical significances were found for injury reduction in control groups. The proportions of workers taking sick leave reduced from 32.0% to 24.6% in intervention group ( chi 2=5.609, p=0.018), but didn't reduce significantly in control groups (p>0.05). The MSD prevalence rates didn't reduce significantly in intervention and control groups (p>0.05). / Keywords: Frontline worker, Participatory training, Occupational health and safety, Randomized controlled trial, Evaluation / Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted among frontline workers in Shenzhen, China from June 2008 to May 2010. The impact of the training programs was assessed with knowledge attitude and practice (KAP), experiences in work-related injury, sick leave and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) at baseline and one year after training. Chi square test and two-proportion Z test were applied to compare the occurrence of injury, sick leave and MSD in different groups. / Objectives: To find out whether participatory training is effective in improving occupational health and safety (OHS); to see if participatory training is more effective than didactic training in improving OHS; and to document whether participatory training has a better cost-benefit ratio than didactic training. / Results: 918 intervention workers received participatory training and 2,561 control workers received didactic training. The follow up rates at three-month and one-year after training were 71.1% (2,473/3,479) and 56.3% (1,321/2,347), respectively. / The average baseline KAP scores of 64.9+/-15.0, 63.5+/-14.7 and 78.1+/-18.0 improved significantly at immediate evaluation (82.7+/-12.3, 71.9+/-12.4 and 90.6+/-12.7), at three months (79.3+/-11.5, 73.9+/-10.6 and 91.7+/-9.6), and at one-year after training (76.7+/-12.1, 72.0+/-10.3 and 88.9+/-10.8) in three groups. / The cost-benefit ratios were 1:1.20 for participatory training and 1:1.06 for didactic training if the cost savings were calculated with median costs and workdays lost. The cost-benefit ratios were 1:2.36 for participatory training and 1:1.97 for didactic training if the cost savings were calculated with mean costs and workdays lost. / Yu, Wenzhou. / Adviser: Ignatius T.S. Yu. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-02, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-174). / 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, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.