TY - JOUR TI - Death of a salesman? the new junket regulation and practice in macau AU - Ho, Hong-Wai AU - Phillips, Jenny T2 - Gaming Law Review AB - This review article is among the first to examine the new junket regulations in the Macau gaming industry. Particular emphasis is on the legal and regulatory framework governing the junket activity of gaming promoters and their associates. The recent changes to Macau gaming laws have resulted in stronger licensing requirements for local junket participants and precipitated the collapse of the VIP room system in casinos. Furthermore, this article highlights the policy and managerial implications of the current junket environment for the gaming industry in Macau and possibly other regional gaming jurisdictions. The effects of the new legal environment for Macau junkets could also provide insights into the implementation of similar legislation in other jurisdictions. DA - 2023/10// PY - 2023 DO - 10.1089/glr2.2023.0018 DP - liebertpub.com (Atypon) VL - 27 IS - 8 SP - 366 EP - 374 SN - 2572-5300 ST - Death of a salesman? UR - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/glr2.2023.0018 Y2 - 2024/01/25/03:17:29 KW - Macao KW - VIP room KW - gambling KW - gaming regulation KW - international gaming KW - junket operation ER - TY - JOUR TI - Macau 2.0: New Gaming Law and its Implications for Casino Market AU - Ho, Hong-Wai AU - Phillips, Jenny T2 - Gaming Law Review AB - This article discusses the new gaming law in Macau with emphasis on the critical aspects concerning the gaming operators, concession regime, and other regulatory obligations.1 Thanks to the gaming liberalization commenced in 2001,2 Macau has experienced tremendous economic growth. The past two decades have seen the rapid development of large-scale integrated resorts, and Macau now ranks among the world's major gaming jurisdictions.3 Policy and regulatory challenges have also emerged along with the growth of the junket-driven VIP business in casinos.4 With the recent amendment of Law No. 16/2001 and the subsequent enactment of Law No. 16/2022, Macau has strengthened the legal underpinnings of its system of gaming regulation to oversee various groups involved in casinos and their industry practices. The present study is among the first to review the scope and impact of the revised gaming law, and associated managerial and operational implications for Macau casinos. Topics covered include policy directions, concession requirements, industry participants, gaming taxes, and fair business practices. This study could provide insights into the “Macau 2.0” project and how casinos are to be operated and managed over the next decade. This article could also provide practical guidance for policy makers charged with formulating gaming policy and regulation in other jurisdictions. DA - 2023/03/10/ PY - 2023 DO - 10.1089/glr2.2023.0003 DP - liebertpub.com (Atypon) SN - 2572-5300 ST - Macau 2.0 UR - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/glr2.2023.0003 Y2 - 2023/03/27/09:53:00 KW - Macao KW - concession KW - economic diversification KW - gaming regulation KW - junket KW - operation ER - TY - JOUR TI - The transformation of government employees’ behavioural intention towards the adoption of E-government services: An empirical study AU - Iong, Kit Yeng AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - Social Sciences & Humanities Open AB - Electronic government is increasingly dominant in the study of public administration. In analysing people's behavioural factors towards the adoption of e-services, most previous studies targeted the adult population, while those on government employees are minimal. Government employees have an essential function in the process of government operation; they can be regarded as the principal medium of communication between the service provider (government) and the end-users (citizens). This study was designed to understand the government employees' behavioural factors on their intentions towards adopting e-government services. A set of semi-structured interview questions was developed based on the prior literature on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and e-government studies. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted in Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region). In addition to analysing the three primary constructs of TPB, the factor of Trust and some enablers and hindrances were identified. Significant findings were yielded while investigating how the government employees perceived the e-services and how they regarded the general public's perception of this issue. This contextualisation would help policymakers look at this issue from different perspectives and design feasible interventions according to group alignment strategies. DA - 2023/01/01/ PY - 2023 DO - 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100485 DP - ScienceDirect VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 100485 J2 - Social Sciences & Humanities Open LA - en SN - 2590-2911 ST - The transformation of government employees’ behavioural intention towards the adoption of E-government services UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291123000906 Y2 - 2023/03/27/09:53:07 KW - Electronic government KW - Government employees KW - In-depth interviews KW - The Theory of Planned Behaviour ER - TY - JOUR TI - Examining the impact of behavioral factors on the intention of adopting E-government services: An empirical study on the hard-to-reach groups in Macao SAR, China AU - Iong, Kit Yeng AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - Technology in Society AB - In government studies, electronic government has become a hot topic in recent decades. Many scholars believe that soon, the government might not be able to operate smoothly without the help of ICTs as the Internet has been overwhelming people's daily lives already. In analyzing people's behavioral factors towards adopting e-government services, most studies targeted the adult population, while those in the hard-to-reach groups are minimal. This study was designed especially to understand the behavioral factors of the younger generation aged between 18 and 24 and the senior citizens above 60 on their adoption of e-government services in Macao SAR. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted based on the semi-structured interview questions developed from the prior literature on the Theory of Planned Behavior and e-government studies. Six significant findings are yielded, which could serve as an important reference for policymakers designing e-government policy and promoting its implementation strategy. These behavioral factors also contribute empirical data to support the theoretical framework of TPB in the context of Macao SAR e-government services. DA - 2022/11/01/ PY - 2022 DO - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102107 DP - ScienceDirect VL - 71 SP - 102107 J2 - Technology in Society LA - en SN - 0160-791X ST - Examining the impact of behavioral factors on the intention of adopting E-government services UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X22002482 Y2 - 2022/09/15/09:14:11 KW - Electronic government KW - Hard-to-reach groups KW - In-depth interviews KW - The theory of planned behavior ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Importance of Readiness for Change, a Leadership Perspective Based on a Case Study in Macau, SAR China AU - Marques, João AU - Reis, Joana AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. AU - Diakite, Ansoumane T2 - Journal of Advanced Management Science DA - 2020/01/01/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.18178/joams.8.4.116-120 DP - ResearchGate SP - 116 EP - 120 J2 - Journal of Advanced Management Science ER - TY - JOUR TI - Motives of Traditional and Emerging Donors in Aid Giving: Comparative Study between China and France AU - Diakite, Ansoumane D. AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - Journal of Social and Political Sciences AB - Since the beginning of bilateral aid giving in the aftermath of the Second World War, the motives for aid giving have changed from being purely political and humanitarian to a mix of different interests. While poverty reduction is frequently stated as the goal of aid giving, it is commonplace for donors to use aid to advance their national interests. The rise of new, emerging donors is creating discussion in both the political and academic fields of aid giving. Traditional or western donors see emerging donors, such as China’s efforts in aid-giving as seeking the natural resources of the recipient countries. This paper provides a historical analysis of the aid-giving motivations underlying an emerging donor, China, and a traditional donor, France. The motives for China’s and France’s aid giving to African countries, with special focus on Guinea, show a great number of similarities. DA - 2019/12/27/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.31014/aior.1991.02.04.140 DP - Zenodo VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 1026 EP - 1037 LA - eng ST - Motives of Traditional and Emerging Donors in Aid Giving UR - https://zenodo.org/record/3594277#.YBtkopMzZTY Y2 - 2021/02/04/03:07:19 KW - Aid Giving Motives, Emerging Donor, Traditional Donor, Poverty Reduction ER - TY - JOUR TI - Open Innovation as Means of Building Social Capital: A Way to Globalization for Traditional SMEs AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability AB - This research explores innovation of traditional SMEs that do not actively invest in innovation. Elements of open innovation have been identified in these firms in their effort to build social capital which they perceive as pertinent to their businesses. The result of the research shows that instead of using social capital as means for innovation, the unintentional practice of open innovation has contributed to the development of social capital, which further opens up potential for globalization. As a result, a model of open innovation as means of developing social capital for enhancing globalization potential for SMEs was developed. DA - 2018/08/01/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.33423/jsis.v13i2.611 DP - articlegateway.com VL - 13 IS - 2 LA - en SN - 1718-2077 ST - Open Innovation as Means of Building Social Capital UR - https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JSIS/article/view/611/568 Y2 - 2021/02/04/06:51:22 KW - Innovation KW - SMEs KW - Social Capital KW - Sustainability ER - TY - JOUR TI - Transgenerational Entrepreneurship In Chinese Family Businesses: Proposal For A Model Of Work-Life Synergy AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. AU - Osorio, Arturo E. AU - Alves, José AB - Family business are the dominant form of business in the world, and Chinese family business (CFB) is a unique type of family business that relies on collective action to survive. This paper argues that in CFBs, entrepreneurial actions are transgenerational collective endeavors, and successors are groomed as stewards of the family legacy. Work-life relationship in CFBs is about synergy and not balance because the family identity is the business identity, and vice-versa. Using five in-depth case studies, this research introduces an alternative understanding of CFBs and proposes a model of work-life synergy in transgenerational entrepreneurship based on discussion of five theory-based propositions. This model explains that through emphasizing on the business family's shared value and entrepreneurial legacy, elements of trust, shared identity and stewardship of family members are enhanced which leads to collective action and goal of the business family, resulting in transgenerational entrepreneurship. Limitations and future research are presented. DA - 2018/05/01/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.5281/ZENODO.1317166 DP - DOI.org (Datacite) LA - en ST - Transgenerational Entrepreneurship In Chinese Family Businesses UR - http://scholarly.org/pdf/display/transgenerational-entrepreneurship-in-chinese-family-businesses-proposal-for-a-model-of-work-life-synergy Y2 - 2021/02/04/07:02:52 KW - Chinese family business KW - family legacy KW - stewardship KW - transgenerational entrepreneurship KW - work-life synergy. ER - TY - JOUR TI - Evaluation of Deterministic Spatial Interpolators with myGeoffice©: The Utah Grasshoppers Case AU - Negreiros, Joao AU - Phillips, Jenny O. L. T2 - International Journal of Geology, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences AB - The knowledge of spatial distribution of grasshoppers can be very relevant for agricultural planning purposes. On the other hand, the comparison of spatial interpolators for efficiency and reliability reasons is also a key factor to understand interpolation maps outcomes (versus reality). At last, but not least, the use of open Web geographical tools to disseminate true spatial inferential methods to address spatial issues is still quite limited (if none) in high schools and universities, particularly in Geography subjects. If the latter can be addressed with myGeoffice©, the first issue will use the Utah, USA, dataset (58 samples) to layout the spatial distribution of grasshoppers and understand the counties that are more pro to this kind of agriculture infestation. Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW), Moving Average (MA), Multi-quadratic, Inverse Multi-quadratic and Nearest Neighbor (NN) will produce interpolated surfaces of grasshopper’s properties. Efficiency of spatial interpolators was assessed in this writing based on the prediction error’s statistics derived from the difference between the estimation and the real samples on a cross-validation procedure. Remarkably, results show that NN was the most accurate one when compared with the remaining deterministic approaches at sample’s locations. DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 8 SN - 2348-0254 UR - https://www.woarjournals.org/admin/vol_issue1/upload%20Image/IJGAES061602.pdf ER -