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- Air Conditioning System
- Air conditioning for people is the control of temperature, humidity, air movement and air cleanliness, heat radiation sometimes [e.g. by chilled ceiling], normally with mechanical means, to achieve human thermal comfort. Air conditioning systems can be categorized according to the means by which the controllable cooling is accomplished in the...
- White papers
- Engineering, Construction & Architectural Management
- 33 stressors covering various aspects of project implementation, such as organisation policies, working relationships, communication and personal factors, are identified and the manageability of the common stressors faced by management of construction projects in Hong Kong is assessed by means of a questionnaire survey. It is shown that the most...
- White papers 2005-02-15
- Internet Based Construction Project Quality Management System
- Quality Management QM systems have been developed and used by many in the construction industry to ensure right things are done and things are done right the first time. However, current quality systems are designed to monitor and control the "Production process" of a specific organization, with the QM data...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Foreign Direct Investment And Forward Hedging
- This paper examines the behavior of a risk-averse MultiNational Firm MNF making investment in a foreign country under exchange rate uncertainty. To hedge the exchange rate risk, the MNF has access to an unbiased currency forward market. Foreign Direct Investment FDI is irreversible and sequential in that the MNF can...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Rapid Prototyping: A Tool For Product Development
- This paper discusses the current status of layer-based manufacturing Rapid Prototyping RP technology and how it is being successfully implemented as a tool for product development PD. A brief introduction to RP is given, focusing on the limitations of existing technology. Future trends for RP development are then discussed with...
- White papers 2005-05-11
- Automated Identification Of Web Communities For Business Intelligence Analysis
- Analysts often search the Web for business intelligence using traditional search engines which provide keyword-based search. Nowadays, it has been suggested that the incoming links, or backlinks, of a company's Web site can provide useful information about the company's "Web communities". Analysis of these communities can provide useful signals for...
- White papers 2006-10-17
- A Combinatorial Methodology For RFID Benchmarking
- Nowadays advances in wireless technologies, RFID Radio Frequency Identification becomes an important enabling technology for logistics and supply chain management systems and beyond. Effective deployment of these systems requires careful selection and seamless integration of RFID components such as tags, readers, middleware and standards. To serve these purposes, benchmarking is...
- White papers 2006-10-26
- Analysis Of RFID Middleware Market In Logistics And Supply Chain Industry
- The Radio Frequency IDentification RFID mandates from retailers such as Wal-Mart, Metro-AG, and Tesco have created huge demands on a new class of RFID middleware which helps to manage the data and device infrastructure needed for an integrated supply chain system. This paper will analyse the current market and technology...
- White papers 2006-05-23
- Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Democratic Vote Share
- This paper provides evidence on an amended Mayer-Heckscher-Ohlin model with parties by studying the effects of U.S. tariffs on the Democratic vote share. The effects are estimated with fixed effects and Two-Stage Least Squares based on data from the House of Representatives from the years 1982 to 2000. Weighted trade...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- A Patent Race in a Real Options Setting: Investment Strategy, Valuation, CAPM Beta and Return Volatility
- This paper studies financial properties of venture-capital backed start-ups through a continuous-time real-options patent-race model. Numerical analysis shows that patent races, relative to a joint monopoly, cause over-investment, value-dissipation, a higher CAPM beta, a higher return volatility and more negative return correlation when firms intensively compete. A firm's CAPM beta...
- White papers 2005-01-12
- Constructing an e-Supply Chain at Eastman Chemical Company
- Craig Knight, Asia-Pacific Digital Business and Customer Services Manager of Eastman Chemical Company, was given a mandate to sell Eastman's philosophy for an integrated electronic supply chain, otherwise known as the Integrated System Solution ISS, to its business partners in the region, and to encourage adoption. Having invested in a...
- White papers 2004-02-03
- Confucian Business Ethics and the Economy
- Confucian ethics as applied to the study of business ethics often relate to the micro consideration of personal ethics and the character of a virtuous person. Actually, Confucius and his school have much to say about the morals of the public administration and the market institutions in a more macro...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Accession Rules and Trade Agreements: The Case of the WTO
- This paper models the accession process to the World Trade Organization WTO as a two stage game. In the first stage, member countries choose tariff rates to be applied on trade with each other. In the second stage a non-member country applies for membership in the agreement and negotiates with...
- White papers 2000-01-31
- Performance of Property Companies in Hong Kong: A Style Analysis Approach
- This study analyzes the returns of publicly traded property companies using the style analysis approach. The results show that the proportion of direct real estate has increased over time. This suggests that indirect and direct real estate are becoming closer substitutes for each other. Furthermore, the findings indicate that the...
- White papers 2003-06-20
- Construction Project Management in the Context of Facilities Management
- Construction Project Management CPM and Facility Management FM are both very important disciplines for advanced study by building professionals. Both disciplines attempt to meet/ resolve built-asset stakeholders' need for an effective means to meet their objectives short or long term. In the context of Corporate Real Estate CRE or Asset...
- White papers 2002-04-18
- Intrinsic Cycles of Land Price: A Simple Model
- The cyclicality and volatility of property prices have been extensively documented. Many explanations have been proposed. This paper builds a simple dynamic general equilibrium model in which these often cited channels are assumed away. Instead, the role of inter-temporal elasticity of substitution is highlighted. In this model, the land price...
- White papers 2005-04-01
- The Management Of Risks Within The Virtual Construction Project Environment
- Innovations in the Information and Communication Technology ICT sector, have led to the emergence of the so-called concepts of the 'Virtual' organizations and 'Virtual' management in the construction industry and other economic sectors. Collaboration and lateral communication among geographically dispersed skilled individuals, firms and teams (e.g. environmental experts) is enabled...
- White papers 2003-10-01
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- City University of Hong Kong inaugurates Lucent Technologies ORINOCO Wireless Solution for its campus.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2000-LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: City University of Hong Kong inaugurates Lucent Technologies ORINOCO Wireless Solution for its campus C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15032000 HONG KONG -- The City University of Hong Kong CityU and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced...
- Research articles 2000-03-16
- Silicon nanowires grown without contamination.(City University of Hong Kong wins U.S. Patent 6,313,015)(Brief Article)
- Silicon Nanowires Grown Without Contamination. Silicon nanowires and silicon nanoparticle chains can be formed by the activation of silicon monoxide in the vapor phase, according to U.S. Patent 6,313,015, assigned to the City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong). The silicon monoxide source may be...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- CITY UNIV. OF HONG KONG DEPLOYS RADWARE DEFENSEPRO 3020.(City University of Hong Kong)
- Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), a leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, has announced that City University of Hong Kong CityU has successfully deployed Radware's DefensePro 3020 security device for its unique behavior-based DDOS protection, network worm propagation protection, advanced intrusion prevention and customized...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
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