Taiwan : Economic, Political and Social Issues.


Lachlan N. Roberts
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Omfang
1 online resource (205 pages)
Utgave
1st ed.
Opplysninger
Intro -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL POLITICS IN TAIWAN -- LIMITED PLURALIST AUTHORITARIAN PARTY SYSTEM (1945-1986) -- FROM LOCAL TO NATIONAL LEVEL -- PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM WITH ONE DOMINANT PARTY (1986-2000) -- THE RISE AND DECAY OF MINOR PARTIES -- POLARIZED PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM -- DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO A POLARIZED PLURALIST PARTY SYSTEM AND SOCIETY -- DEFINING POPULISM -- POPULISM IN TAIWAN -- THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, POPULISM, AND THE LIEN-SONG REBELLION -- ADOLF HITLER AND CHEN SHUI-BIAN: THE CLIMAX OF POPULIST RHETORIC -- THE AFTERMATH: THE LIEN-SONG REBELLION -- THE 2004 LEGISLATIVE YUAN ELECTION: SIGNS OF CHANGE -- Chapter 2 CAN THE DEVIATION BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL EXPLAIN BANK PERFORMANCE IN TAIWAN? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BANK BOARDS IN TAIWAN -- 3. SOURCES OF THE DATA -- 4. MORAL HAZARD INDICES AND BASIC STATISTICS -- 4.1. Controlling Shareholders -- 4.2. Cash-Flow Rights, Seat-Control Rights and Voting Rights -- 4.3. Basic Statistics of the Total Sample -- 5. MORAL HAZARD INDICES AND BANK PERFORMANCE -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CALCULATE VOTING RIGHTS AND CASH-FLOW RIGHTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 PREDICTING BANK PERFORMANCE: A DISTRIBUTIONAL APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATION -- 3. COMMERCIAL BANKS IN TAIWAN -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND MARKET REACTION TO EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. Hypotheses -- 3.1.1. ESOP and Company Performance -- 3.1.2. ESOP Information Disclosure and Market Efficiency.. - 3.1.3. Regression Analysis of CAAR -- 3.2. Methodology -- 3.2.1. Event Study -- 3.2.2. Regression Model -- 4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 4.1. Du Pont Identity Analyses -- Announcement Effect of ESOPs -- 4.2. Regression Analysis -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 TAIWAN, HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE -- 1. PRE-WTO CHINA -- 2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRADE: LINK OR DE-LINK? -- 3. ACCESSION TO WTO -- 4. CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6 COMPARING THE STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES OF TAIWAN AND KOREA TFT-LCD INDUSTRY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 3. TFT-LCD INDUSTRY STRUCTURE IN TAIWAN AND KOREA -- 3.1. Taiwan's TFT-LCD Industry Structure -- 3.2. Korea's TFT-LCD Industry Structure -- 4. VERTICAL INTEGRATION VERSUS VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION -- 5. COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES -- 5.1. Speed -- 5.2. Cost -- 5.3. Quality -- 5.4. Price -- 5.5. Flexibility -- 6. MEASURES FOR TAIWAN TFT-LCD FIRMS -- 1) Panel Manufacturers Invest in Upstream Key Components to Facilitate Firm-Internal Integration -- 2) Develop a "Virtual in-House" Mode of Operation -- 3) Develop Own Channels -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 TAIWAN -- TRADE SUMMARY -- IMPORT POLICIES -- Tariffs -- Agricultural and Fish Products -- Beef -- Rice -- Tobacco and Alcohol Products -- Wood Products -- Automobiles and Motorcycles -- STANDARDS, TESTING, LABELING AND CERTIFICATION -- Industrial and Home Appliance Products -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures -- Alcoholic Beverage Products -- Agricultural Biotechnology Products -- Labeling of Biotechnology Food -- Medical Devices -- Pharmaceuticals -- GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION -- SERVICES BARRIERS -- Financial Services -- Telecommunications Services -- INVESTMENT BARRIERS -- ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES -- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.. - Chapter 11 ASSESSING THE PSYCHOMETRIC AND LANGUAGE EQUIVALENCY OF THE CHINESE VERSIONS OF THE INDEX OF NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND RETCHING AND THE PRENATAL SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE.. - Chapter 8 A STUDY OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST HOTELS IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EMPIRICAL MODELS -- 2.1. Efficiency Evaluation Model -- 2.2. Regression Model -- Firm Size (FS) -- Service Concentration (H) -- Concentration in Guest Type (GC) -- Location (TAIPEI) -- Resort (Resort) -- Participating in International Hotel Chains (CHAIN) -- III. DATA DESCRIPTION AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 3.1. Data Description -- 3.2. Empirical Results -- IV. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SCHOOL REFORM: INITIATIVES &amp -- ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DIVERSIFIED SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MULTIPLE SCHEMES FOR ADMISSION -- The Diversified School System -- Multiple Schemes for Admission -- Innovative Instruction and Deregulated Curriculum -- Reducing Class Size -- Deregulating Curriculum Governance -- School-Based Decision-Making and Management -- Reconstruction of School Organization -- Extensive Involvement of Stakeholders -- New Measures of Principal Selection and Teachers Employment -- School-Based Staff Development -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 TAIWAN GANGS -- THE UNITED BAMBOO GANG -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify Its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities.. - III.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets -- III.4. Degree of Professional Know-How within the Group Itself -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition Groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- V.1. Re-Structuring of Law Enforcement Agencies and Operations because of Organized Crime -- V.2. Changed Law Enforcement Techniques -- V.3. Changes in Law because of Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment -- VI.1. Present Level of Cultural Acceptance of the Group/Organization's Activities in the Social Environment in which They Operate -- VI.2. Presence of Social Movement Engaged in Awareness Raising Campaigns on Organized Crime -- VI.3. Role of the Press and other Mass Media in Sensitizing Citizens on the Dangers and Threats Posed by Organized Crime on the Society at Large -- HEAVENLY ALLIANCE -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities -- III.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets.. - III.4. Degree of Professional Know-How within the Group Itself -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition Groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment -- FOUR SEAS GANG -- I. Organizational Structure -- I.1. Internal Hierarchy and/or Division of Labor -- I.2. Ability of the Group to Recruit or Diversify its Human Resources -- I.3. Rules and Conditions of Group Membership and Internal Codes of Conduct -- I.4. Primary Mechanisms for Internal Conflict Resolution with Regard to Territorial and Market Division and other Disputes -- II. Violence -- II.1. Willingness to Engage in Ruthless Violence -- II.2. Availability of Enforcers/Specialists in the Use of Violence -- II.3. Access to a Variety of Weapons -- III. Economic Resources -- III.1. Original Source of Capital Accumulation -- III.2. Subsequent Diversification of Activities -- III.3. Degree of Dominance in Selected Illegal Markets -- III.4. Degree of Professional Know-How Within the Group Itself -- III.5. Degree to Which Some Members of the Group Work Primarily in the Legitimate Economy -- IV. Political Resources -- IV.1. Corruption and/or Inflation of the Law Enforcement Process -- IV.2. Manipulation of Political Parties Participating in Local and/or National Government -- IV.3. Direct Representation in Parliament, Executive or Diplomatic Service -- IV.4. Alliance with Armed Opposition groups -- V. Response of Law Enforcement Agencies to Organized Crime -- VI. The External Environment.
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