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This thesis reports on the results of an interview-based survey of 21 British Columbia exporters active in the ASEAN region. The primary focus of the research was on the sources of information utilized by these exporters in uncovering their initial and most recent business opportunities in the ASEAN market. The respondents in the study displayed a clear preference for sources of information which were external to their organizations rather than internal and for personal sources of information rather than non-personal or documentary sources (including electronic databases). The single most important source of information on potential business opportunities in ASEAN was the personal network of contacts developed by the firm's own personnel, particularly the firm's local man in the field (whether he be an agent, distributor, or joint venture partner). Contrary to the U.S., Swedish and European experience described elsewhere in the literature, the respondents in this study rarely entered the ASEAN market on the basis of an "unsolicited export order". Nor did they attach much importance to bankers, consultants, brokers, lawyers, or government officials as sources of potentially useful information on new business opportunities in ASEAN. Also surprising was the fairly common usage of a "piggyback" or "big brother" method of initial market entry into ASEAN. In most of these cases, the respondents acted as subcontractors to larger Canadian and American firms active in the ASEAN marketplace. Equally surprising was the conspicuous lack of success enjoyed by two B.C. export consortiums formed to penetrate the ASEAN market. Finally, there was very little evidence of any major shift in the type of information sources used, over time. The best sources of information remained "personal contacts" and "the local man in the field". There was, however, some movement away from the use of personal contacts established by the firm's senior executives while on a preliminary swing through the region and towards the use of personal contacts established by the firm's local representative. In addition, there was a growing trend towards the use of indigenous or "bumiputra" representatives in ASEAN and away from the use of Chinese or expatriate middlemen. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

<p>The main objective of this study was to examine the prospects and challenges facing ACFTA (Asean-China free trade area). It examined what ought to be done by the ASEAN member nations to match China's competitive ability having recently joined the World Trade Organization. The study also examined the compatibility of the ACFTA with the World Trade Organization rules and mode of dispute settlement under ASEAN and NAFTA as well as profound issues relating to ACFTA.</p>

This thesis has explored two basic themes in post-Cold War international relations. The first is the transformation of the global and regional security environments leading to a projected decline in the importance of traditional realist-style security problems. The second is the supposed shift in state behavior with conflictual strategies giving way to accommodation. These presumed trends are explored in the context of Southeast Asia and, more specifically, China's security strategies and relations in the region. This study argues that conventional security problems have declined in Southeast Asia in the short term but still remain prominent. In terms of policies, while China's goals remained partly revisionist with regard to territorial issues and status/power relationships, its approaches became more accommodative in coping with disputed issues in the region. This was manifested above all in its gradual acceptance of a multilateral framework for dialogue on regional security issues and in its willingness to undertake some confidence building measures in the military area. This shift can be explained partly in terms of China's external political concerns at both the global and regional levels. The more fundamental explanation, however, lies in China's drive for economic modernization with an accommodative regional strategy intended to ensure the flow of external resources required for this purpose.

<p>The main objective of this study was to examine the prospects and challenges facing ACFTA (Asean-China free trade area). It examined what ought to be done by the ASEAN member nations to match China's competitive ability having recently joined the World Trade Organization. The study also examined the compatibility of the ACFTA with the World Trade Organization rules and mode of dispute settlement under ASEAN and NAFTA as well as profound issues relating to ACFTA.</p>

Magister Legum - LLM / The main objective of this study was to examine the prospects and challenges facing ACFTA (Asean-China free trade area). It examined what ought to be done by the ASEAN member nations to match China's competitive ability having recently joined the World Trade Organization. The study also examined the compatibility of the ACFTA with the World Trade Organization rules and mode of dispute settlement under ASEAN and NAFTA as well as profound issues relating to ACFTA. / South Africa

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Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-124). / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT / Chapter 2.1 --- Theories of Direct Foreign Investment --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- International Trade & Direct Foreign Investment: Complements or Substitute? --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Types of Direct Foreign Investment --- p.14 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- TAIWAN'S OUTWARD INVESTMENT / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Types and Trends of Taiwan's outward Investment --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Limitation on The Statistics of Taiwan's Outward Investment in Asean-4 --- p.21 / Chapter 3.4 --- Taiwan's Outward Investment in Asean-4 --- p.23 / Chapter 3.5 --- Investment Incentives of Asean-4 ´ب --- p.26 / Chapter 3.6 --- Investment Policy of Asean-4 --- p.28 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- CLIMBING THE LADDER OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: THE EXPERIENCE OF TAIWAN / Chapter 4.1 --- Overview --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- "Trade-Complementary"" Type of Direct Foreign Investment" --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3 --- "The Impacts on Bilateral Trade of ""Trade-Oriented"" Direct Foreign Investment" --- p.44 / Chapter 4.4 --- Technology Transfer --- p.48 / Chapter 4.5 --- The Economic Development of Taiwan --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- TRADE EFFECTS OF TAIWAN'S INVESTMENT IN ASIAN-4 / Chapter 5.1 --- Overview --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- Data Source --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Statistical Analysis On Trade Effects --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Empirical Findings --- p.66 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ASEAN-4 / Chapter 6.1 --- Overview --- p.81 / Chapter 6.2 --- Definition and Theories of Intra - Industry Trade --- p.81 / Chapter 6.3 --- Data Source --- p.85 / Chapter 6.4 --- Indices of Intra-Industry Trade --- p.86 / Chapter 6.5 --- The Level of Intra-Industry Trade between Taiwan & Asean-4 --- p.89 / Chapter 6.6 --- Pooled Cross-Section Time-Series Estimation on Intra-Industry Trade --- p.96 / Chapter 6.7 --- Implication --- p.100 / Chapter CHAPTER 7. --- MUTUAL COMPETITION IN EXPORT MARKET BETWEEN TAIWAN AND ASEAN-4 / Chapter 7.1 --- Overview --- p.109 / Chapter 7.2 --- Export Similarity Index --- p.110 / Chapter 7.3 --- Data Source --- p.111 / Chapter 7.4 --- Empirical Findings and Implication --- p.111 / Chapter CHAPTER 8. --- CONCLUSION --- p.118 / REFERENCE --- p.121

I highlight two squamate lineages endemic to Southeast Asia, the Asian water monitors (Varanus salvator Complex) and the Angle-headed lizards (Agamidae: Gonocephalus), and elucidate their systematic affinities and historical biogeography. My results represent novel phylogenetic inferences, with biogeographic histories and diversification events corresponding to major climatic fluctuations over the past 30 million years. Additionally, I solidify the taxonomy and systematics of the Varanus salvator Complex, and enumerate more than a dozen Gonocephalus lineages as candidate species in need of taxonomic scrutiny. Lastly, I investigate contemporary and historical patterns of dispersal throughout Sundaland, and between Sundaland and the Philippines.