Challenges to E commerce in Hong Kong
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This 59 page paper considers the challenges faced by e-commerce and internet trading to businesses in Hong Kong. E-commerce is now a popular way of trading. For a country such as Hong Kong where international trade is required to sustain the economy and services are the primary sector due to the lack of local natural resources, e-commerce must be considered as a way if increasing business for both small and large companies as well as the benefits that it can bring to the economy as a whole. All projections indicate that e-commerce levels will increase rapidly over the next few years. This is an opportunity many business in Hong Kong can take advantage of with the advantage of the support form their Chinese government but the benefits of an autonomous region within that country. However, to take advantage of the potential in e-commerce businesses and government needs to realise the advantages and challenges. The potential decease of barriers and lower overheads may be balanced by the potential increase in competition, problems such as disintermediation, security and the lack of existing business models to follow. The research outline, which follows a lengthy literature review, suggests some primary research looking at specific businesses, to develop a model which can then be followed by new entrants and help those who are already in the sector. This will increase value by enabling resources to be maximised, benefiting both businesses and their customers as well as the Hong Kong economy. The bibliography cites 34 sources.
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Chen/The Dragon's Village
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A 5 page essay that analyzes Yuan-tsung Chen's autobiographical novel The Dragon's Village. The writer contrasts and compares the Communist revolution in China to the changes brought on by industrialization in capitalist countries. No additional sources cited.
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Child Labor in Asia
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A 10 page overview of child labor practices in Asia. Statistics reveal not only a heavy reliance on child labor, the highest in the world in fact in terms of the actual number of children employed, but also an encouragement of such factors by a western market for mass produced goods. Focusing primarily on China, the author examines the practice of child labor from the standpoint of human rights in general and how economic and historical factors have impacted these rights. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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