The economic linkages between China and Japan have been strengthened through both trade and Japanese direct investment in China for past decades. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of Japanese direct investment in China on the Sino-Japanese bilateral trade. An index, RRCA, was used to illustrate the changes of relative comparative advantage of major products, and AR(p) m…
Spending a week talking to bank executives, fund managers, individual investors and market authorities in Vietnam throws up a curious feeling of paradox. Almost everyone Euromoney spoke to talked with dismay or at best cheerful pessimism about the country's short-term economic problems but also universally recommended the country as a destination for investment. With a young, entrepreneurial po…
Knowledge-based companies such as Amazon.com tap clever marketing and information technology to compete in today's borderless world. Given that e-commerce is a relatively new concept to the traders in Asia, this survey aims to determine the level of cyberbuying activities in China, Hong Kong and Singapore by focusing on the who, where, why and what of online retailing. From the on-line surv…
We analyze the handling of strategic management accounting in the 20 general management accounting textbooks that are perceived as most important in Germanand in English-speaking countries. Our analysis shows that strategic management accounting is not integrated into textbooks within a coherent, consistent framework. However, the survey also shows that these textbooks often use several str…
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements (Reinstatement)" (EPA ICR No. 2047.04, OMB Control No. 2090-0030) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 350…