scholarly journals GATS: The Way Forward After Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Knight
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Way

Analyzing Sources of Adaptation

2018 ◽  
pp. 109-131
Author(s):  
Robyn Klingler-Vidra
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
International Diffusion ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
International Firm ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Empirical Investigations ◽  
The Way

Chapter Seven analyzes the findings of the empirical investigations of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The critical finding is that domestically-rooted norms are central to states’ distinct learning processes, and therefore norms are the glue that binds the domestic context with international diffusion, and rationality with constructivism. The impact of norms was found to be so strong that, counter to diffusion literature’s hypothesis about specific models leading to greater degrees of convergence, even when policymakers learned about a highly-specific VC policy item, they systematically initiated further studying and conceptualized how a different path – that better fit with their logics of appropriateness – could lead them to the same outcome. The chapter discusses why the three norms investigated – (1) interventionist orientation, (2) private sector financing and (3) local versus international firm preferences – shaped VC policy choices the way that they did in each case.

The Smaller Economies of Pacific Asia and Their Business Systems

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Redding
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Pacific Asia ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Development Trajectories ◽  
Japan And China ◽  
The Way

What came to be known as the Asian miracle took place in a number of quite varied contexts in countries outside the major states Japan and China, and the way in which these smaller economies have built their development trajectories in the years after 1960 has been a matter of serious attention among policymakers worldwide. Japan and China are given specific attention elsewhere in this volume and so this article considers the rest of Pacific Asia. It aims to outline the systems of business which have come to characterize the following clusters of countries: first, South Korea which stands on its own as a distinct case; second, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore which are essentially Chinese in their ethnic make-up, their current political structures, and their business behaviour, but which nevertheless display great differences among themselves; third, the ASEAN group outside Singapore, again containing variety but with certain key common denominators.

‘I’m not a tech person’

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-827
Author(s):  
Carmen Lee ◽  
Dennis Chau
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Language Choice ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Workplace Discourse ◽  
Persona Development ◽  
Media Choices ◽  
The Way

Abstract This study contributes to existing research on polymedia by probing into what we call academic polymedia, investigating the constant availability of interpersonal, professional, and social media for constructing scholarly personas. Drawing on the technobiographical narratives of a group of Hong Kong bilingual academics, we analyze academics’ perceptions of their media choices as situated in their professional polymedia environments. In particular, we examine how choices between public and private media shape academic persona development, and the way polymedia engagement impacts the participants’ language choice for academic purposes. This study sheds light on existing research on workplace discourse and identity in sociolinguistics by offering a polymedia dimension that draws on people’s media ideology in developing their professional identities.

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