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Signaling through the 2008 Beijing Olympics—Using Mega Sport Events to Change the Perception and Image of the Host
2011
Abstract This paper provides an analysis on internet news reports about the Beijing Olympics 2008 and how China signaled throughout the event to external target groups. The analysis shows how the geographical areas China, USA, Europe and the “Rest of the World” perceived the Games. The results were interpreted regarding the principal agent theories' signaling to reduce information asymmetry for business and tourism and costly signaling to generate symbolic capital. Seven hundred and forty news reports were collected between 1 July and 30 September 2008, using Google Alerts with the keywords “Olympic Games Beijing 2008”. The reports were analysed with a quantitative content analysis using a …
Corporate Governance Mechanisms for Monitoring or Empowering CEOS? A Study of Chinese Listed Firms
2008
This study examines the impact of governance mechanisms in monitoring or empowering top executives on firm performance. We distinguish between two competing theories, namely agency theory and stewardship theory, which hold conflicting assumptions about CEOs behaviour and hence offer different recommendations concerning corporate governance structure. We conduct an empirical study based on 837 publicly listed companies in China over the period of 2005-2007, the findings of this study provide strong support for stewardship theory. The results suggest that governance mechanisms that can empower CEOs work better in the Chinese context, specifically, a longer CEO tenure and lower board independe…
Exploring User Behavior in Destination Websites: An Application of Web Mining Techniques
2021
The development of the Internet has so strongly affected the way a tourist destination can be promoted that portals now play an important role in defining the marketing strategies of tourist destinations. Hence, investigating website surfing behavior has become crucial to understanding the needs of potential tourists. Using Web Mining techniques, our study explores the information-seeking behavior of those who log on to a website promoting the island of Sicily, a well known tourist destination in the South of Italy. The study explores whether a tourist’s country of origin affects their information needs and surfing behavior. Actually, our results do show differences in behavior between user…
Cooperation Formats of China and Europe: Synergies and Divergences
2017
Abstract This contribution articulates the synergies and divergences of the various formats of cooperation between China and the European countries. The EU and China have a strong interest in each other’s flagship initiatives, namely the Investment Plan for Europe, and the One Belt, One Road Initiative (Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road). The authors argue that there are certain synergies between these initiatives. Furthermore, the new initiative EU-China Connectivity Platform is aimed to explore these synergies. The authors explore the recent developments in the EU-China investments, trade cooperation and the challenges of the ever-growing CEEC-China partnership i…
Aldo Tollini, La cultura del Tè in Giappone e la ricerca della perfezione, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, Torino 2014, 240 pp., € 22.00
2014
La recensione sottolinea i caratteri di collegamento tra la cultura cinese e la cultura giapponese a partire dallo spunto della cerimonia del tè. The review underlines the elements of continuity between the Chinese culture and the Japanese one starting from the tea ceremony tradition.
Driving Mechanism of Corporate Social Responsibility in United States and Mainland China
2017
This paper empirically explored the driving factors of corporate social responsibility (CSR) using survey data from USA and China.Based on the results from a Web survey of more than 400 executives from a diversified sample of companies, the influential CSR drivers betweenUSA and China were compared and contrasted. Factor analysis identifies the ranking of CSR drivers for China as (1) ethics/values, (2) performance, (3)international issues/consumers/reputation, (4) barriers, and (5)government/laws in descending importance. The ranking for USA is (1) ethics/values, (2) barriers,(3) performance, (4) government/ laws, and (5) consumers/reputation. Furthermore, it was found that China being in a…
A Comparison of Depression and Anxiety among University Students in Nine Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
The mental health of young adults, particularly students, is at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in mental health between university students in nine countries during the pandemic. The study encompassed 2349 university students (69% female) from Colombia, the Czech Republic (Czechia), Germany, Israel, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Participants underwent the following tests: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Exposure to COVID-19 (EC-19), Perceived Impact of Coronavirus (PIC) on students’ well-being, Physical Activity (PA), and General Self-Reported Health (GSRH). The one-way…
Finnish-Chinese intercultural negotiation : power positioning and search for common ground
2018
‘Rising China’ is a term that has come to refer to China’s march to being number one, the speed of its economic growth, and its investment around the world during last two decades. In Finland, government agencies have been established to promote investment, trade, and co-operation with China, while regional and local governments are also actively involved. Meanwhile, much of the world is now competing for the attention of China, so the power dynamic is tending to shift in favour of the Chinese. This developing context has been examined in previous studies primarily from the perspectives of politics, economics, and management studies. The overarching aim of this study is to investigate emerg…
Ķīnas attiecības ar Baltkrieviju un Ķīnas attiecības ar Poliju 2006.-2016.g.: salīdzinājums
2017
This Master thesis shows the relations between Belarus and China in comparison to the relations between Poland and China. In the first chapter the author describes the political and economic situation in the three countries. The second chapter states about the political relations between Poland – the People’s Republic of China, Belarus and China, the New Silk Road and 16+1 formats. The third chapter covers the topic of the economic relations between the states. In the chapter no. 4 the author writes about the military cooperation issues. The last chapter shows the future plans and recommendations for the further cooperation.