TY - THES TI - Three Essays on Foreign Trade, Offshoring and International Rivalry AU - Lei, Weng Chi AB - This dissertation consists of three essays, covering the topics of foreign trade, offshoring and international rivalry. In particular, Chapter 1 analyzes the strategic capacity allocation of an international oligopoly. Because a line of products shares specific inputs that are fixed in the short run, a multiproduct oligopolist faces a capacity constraint in the production. Not being able to produce the desirable quantities to meet demand, an oligopolist strategically allocates its capacity among different products against its rival. If the market were monopolistic, a firm would mainly concern the effective profitability of a product when allocating its capacity and when responding to a capacity expansion. Identical duopolists that compete in a Cournot fashion should have identical capacity allocation. However, in a sequential game, while the Stackelberg leader allocates all its scarce capacity towards the more profitable product, the follower should still allocate some capacity towards the unprofitable product. This matches the observation that Boeing, the incumbent in the large commercial aircrafts (LCA) industry, specializes in smaller planes, while Airbus allocates resources more evenly towards both superjumbo planes and smaller planes. Chapter 2 provides an explanation to the observation that international oligopolists, which are similar in many ways (subject to the same state of technology, have equal market shares, etc.), may engage in significantly different degrees of offshoring. Different from previous studies, which considered fragmentation to be affected by global exogenous factors only, this essay sees fragmentation as an endogenous variable. A firm can invest on R&D of its own fragmentation technology to enable certain degrees of fragmentation, so that offshoring of those fragmented subparts can be achieved. An important implication of endogenous fragmentation is that the government now has a policy alternative to export subsidy. Very often, when export subsidy is prohibited under an FTA, a government has incentive to subsidize fragmentation of a firm, which can stimulate both export and offshoring. Chapter 3 investigates Macao's and Singapore's questionable goal to diversify among two tourism services—gambling and convention. Macao has a cost advantage in gambling while Singapore has a cost advantage in convention. When a city operates as a regional monopoly, the simple multiproduct model shows that it is optimal for a city to diversify in response to an expansion in the markets of the tourism services. If the two cities operate as a Cournot duopoly instead, there will be a higher degree of product differentiation between the cities. Yet, both cities diversify more when there is a market expansion. On the other hand, Osaka is a potential entrant. The three-city model shows that if Osaka's relative cost of producing convention is even lower than Singapore’s, both Macao and Singapore will produce greater proportions of gambling compared to the two-city case. In general, Macao and Singapore respond to Osaka’s rivalry by strategizing their product mixes to avoid head-on competition with Osaka. CY - Ann Arbor DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 SP - 140 LA - English M3 - Ph.D. in Economics PB - University of Washington UR - https://ezproxy.usj.edu.mo:2132/dissertations-theses/three-essays-on-foreign-trade-offshoring/docview/2034397107/se-2?accountid=143153 DB - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global KW - 0501:Economics KW - Economics KW - Foreign trade KW - International rivalry KW - Offshoring KW - Social sciences KW - Strategic capacity allocation ER - TY - THES TI - Oligopolistic Strategies in the Gaming and Hospitality Industries of Macau AU - Leong, Chi Leng A3 - Lei, Weng Chi CN - M-BA 2021 LEO,CHI CY - Macau DA - 2021/// PY - 2021 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 78 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=176657&query_desc=an%3A20696 KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - Fintech Services in Guangdong-Macao in Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin: An investigation of Macao Users' Adoption AU - Kuan, Chi Hou A3 - Lei, Weng Chi CN - M-BA 2022 KUA,CHI CY - Macau DA - 2022/// PY - 2022 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 94 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph ST - Fintech Services in Guangdong-Macao in Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=201691&query_desc=an%3A%2220571%22 KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - Anti-money laundering in the Greater Bay Area: effectiveness, strategies and compliance AU - Hoi, Kuan Io A3 - Lei, Weng Chi CY - Macau DA - 2019/// PY - 2019 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 93 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph ST - Anti-money laundering in the Greater Bay Area UR - http://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=173237&query_desc=an%3A20696 KW - Theses and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme: Prespectives of Macau Employees AU - Cheong, Kit I. A3 - Lei, Weng Chi CN - M-GS 2022 CHE,KIT CY - Macau DA - 2022/// PY - 2022 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 109 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph ST - Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=201705&query_desc=an%3A26849 KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Government Studies (MGS) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - Attitudes, Acceptance, and Registration toward Organ Donation in Macao AU - Lou, Kin Heng A3 - Lei, Weng Chi CN - M-GS 2021 LOU,KIN CY - Macau DA - 2021/// PY - 2021 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 97 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=177021&query_desc=an%3A26849 KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Government Studies (MGS) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - EVALUATING SATISFACTION OF LOCAL ROAD USERS OF MACAU AU - Fong, Chi Cheng AU - Pinheiro, Francisco Vizeu AU - Lei, Weng Chi AB - "Macau's rapid economic development in recent decades and relatively low usage of public transportation have put considerable pressure on the city's carrying capacity. Improving the transportation system has been a major policy goal of Macau's urban planners. To deepen the understanding of the perspectives of local road users, this dissertation's main research question is: what factors determine the satisfaction of local road users of Macau? After collecting responses using an online questionnaire, quantitative research methods were adopted to analyze travel patterns, satisfaction toward different road usage dimensions, and sociodemographic characteristics of local residents. 145 responses were collected and quota samples were generated to match the distribution of each sociodemographic feature of the population. Most respondents used private vehicles to travel during peak hours on weekdays for work or for school and to travel during the entire afternoon and evening on weekends for shopping necessities and for leisure. The most traveled districts were Baixa de Taipa, Costa & Ouvidor Arriaga, and Baixa de Macau. It was found that the mean overall satisfaction score inclined to the dissatisfaction side (below 3). Only clarity of traffic lights and number of road signs (measuring infrastructure) and temperature and price of fares (measuring public transportation) had mean satisfaction scores that were significantly higher than 3, indicating higher satisfactions. Meaningful hypotheses regarding the differences of different road user groups were set out, then Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA tests and Mann-Whitney U tests were run. The significant findings were such that the elderly aged 65 or above were less satisfied and the unemployed were more satisfied with road usage. The better educated were more satisfied with the environment, and the unemployed were more satisfied with the public transportation. Drivers were less satisfied with transportation costs, and peakhour road users were less satisfied with the infrastructure. The Spearman correlation analyses found that infrastructure had moderately positive correlation with facilities and with travel safety. Based on the findings and their policy implications, policy suggestions could be made. The policies suggested in this study should have favorable short-term and long-term effects on more than one road usage aspects." CN - M-GS 2023 FON,CHI CY - Macau DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 114 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207341 KW - Public transport KW - Survey questionnaire KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Government Studies (MGS) KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transportation KW - Transportation services KW - University of Saint Joseph ER - TY - THES TI - A STUDY OF GREEN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE IN TONGZHOU DISTRICT OF BEIJING AU - An, Bo Yang A3 - Lei, Weng Chi A3 - University of Saint Joseph AB - China’s economy has entered a critical period of structural adjustment. The developing green industries and the transforming traditional industries have increasing demand for finance, making ""green finance"" increasingly essential. While China's green finance is in the development stage, some newly developed zones serve as pilots for the launch of green financial products. An example is Tongzhou District of Beijing, which aims to expand Beijing’s space, promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and explore the optimal development mode of the densely populated economic areas. This thesis aims to study consumer acceptance of green financial technology (fintech) in the case of Tongzhou District. This thesis extended the commonly applied theoretical model for the problem of study, the Energy Augmented Technology Acceptance Model (EA-TAM), to analyze the impacts of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude toward use, intention, usage intention, environmental awareness, and green knowledge on the acceptance of green fintech in Tongzhou District. The survey collected 403 valid responses from people that had been active in Tongzhou District. The quantitative analysis is based on structural equation modeling techniques, including reliability analysis, validity analysis, standard method deviation test, and hypothesis testing. The analytical results show that all the hypothesized factors are significant. In addition, the sample is divided into different gender groups and education groups, so that the impacts of the socio-demographic characteristics can be explored. Males’ environmental awareness and green knowledge are insignificant in determining their acceptance of green fintech. The low-educated group’s acceptance of green fintech does not significantly depend on environmental awareness and perceived usefulness CN - M-BA 2023 AN,BO CY - Macau DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 DP - Library Catalog (Koha) SP - 94 LA - eng PB - University of Saint Joseph UR - https://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=220131 KW - Fintech KW - Green Gintech KW - Thesis and Dissertations Master of Business Administration (MBA) KW - University of Saint Joseph ER -