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Publication The Rise of Monopolistic Rideshare Companies in Asia: How Ride Hailing Companies’ Market Control Impacts Drivers(2020-01-01) Shen, Kelly JHaving undergone mergers with Uber China and Uber Southeast Asia in the past few years, DiDi and Grab now hold over 90% and 80% of the market shares in China and Singapore. This market control has allowed them to dominate the rideshare industry in the two countries, and this paper examines the impact of Grab and DiDi’s monopolistic power on rideshare drivers. Specifically, this research considers changes to both licensure requirements, pricing policies, commission rates, insurance coverage, and CSR programs as well as long-term corporate objectives and strategies following the merger. In order to understand the implications of DiDi and Grab’s decrease in competition and greater market control, this research draws from existing scholarly research, DiDi and Grab’s policies and terms of use, news articles, reports, government documents, and most importantly, qualitative interviews with employees at DiDi and Grab. The paper concludes that despite changes in pricing, insurance, and benefits, monopolistic ridesharing companies are able to leverage their resources and market power for diversification, which creates synergies, and greater social impact.Publication The Emergence and Development of Social Enterprise Sectors(2011-01-01) Poon, DarylIntroduction (First paragraph only) The concept of integrating social aims with profit-making has been an emerging trend in the world today, especially in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis which shone the spotlight on the problems of pure profit-maximization. Social Enterprise is at the very core of this new movement to integrate social aims with profits, taking root in an increasing number of circles today, ranging from the field of international development, to impact investing, and even public policy.Publication The Recent Development of Social Entrepreneurship in China(2017-01-01) Ferreira de Souza, Elen BiancaThe topic examined is the recent development of social entrepreneurship in China, focused on the community of social entrepreneurs and the business environment. The main methodology of data collection was qualitative interviews with entrepreneurs, educators and representatives of organizations and foundations. In addition, a literature review was conducted to provide background information and a macro perspective to the question. To complement the qualitative data, field observations of a few social enterprises were also conducted. Based on the collective information, it can be observed that the interviewees’ perspectives varied widely regarding the extent to whether there is a receptive environment and supportive community that promote the rise of social enterprises. There were common themes across the diverse experiences, revealing that social entrepreneurship in China enjoys of the Chinese economy's development and potential, yet faces a legislative challenge, historical distrust and distinct sub-communities of social entrepreneurs.Publication Evaluating the Replicability of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in China – An Analysis of Beijing’s Community-Based Eldercare Service Market(2017-01-01) Nie, JiaxuanThis paper examines the replicability of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in China. PACE is a community-based eldercare program that originated from San Francisco in the early 1970s and has been associated with compatibility to the Chinese value for eldercare in previous literatures. Through a synthesis of intensive literature review, site visits, and interviews with eldercare service providers and Chinese eldercare experts, this paper takes a closer look Beijing’s community-based eldercare service market, and identified the challenges of introducing PACE program into this market.Publication An Investigation of the Role of the Chinese Private Sector in the Establishment of Sustainable Apparel Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa(2017-01-01) Nissinoff, Adam ZAlthough global clothing production occurs predominantly in China and Southeast Asia, non-conventional locations such as Africa, the Caribbean, and even the US have recently garnered the attention of several of the world’s largest apparel brands and manufacturers. This study synthesizes findings from meetings conducted with CEOs of three large apparel manufacturers at their headquarters in Hong Kong. Through primary site visits and interviews, common drivers of and deterrents for expanding production to Sub-Saharan Africa were identified with a focus on Ethiopia. Executives viewed this prospect with differing levels of enthusiasm (which can be explained, at least in part, by the choice-supportive bias of those individuals). While clear benefits of expansion emerged (including lower production costs, auspicious government policy, and support from brands), there were also non-trivial barriers. Although lack of education and lack of experience for workers represent surmountable barriers, the underdeveloped supply chain is a steeper barrier and one that warrants greater effort and consideration to overcome.Publication Quality of CSR Reporting in China: A Comparative Analysis Between State- and Privately-Owned Real Estate Companies(2017-01-01) Qiu, JenniferDue to domestic demands, the Chinese government has increased its policy emphasis on sustainable development, prompting both state-owned and privately-owned enterprises to engage in corporate social responsibility. Enterprises dedicate a lot of efforts compiling CSR reports as a reflection of their CSR efforts or as a mere marketing tool. This study aims to evaluate the quality of CSR efforts using the framework outlined by the GRI Reporting Principles for Defining Quality, namely “Accuracy”, “Comparability”, “Balance”, “Reliability”. Emphasis across different categories of the GRI index was also studied. This study finds that there is a lack of a mature and centralized CSR reporting system across enterprises, and under comparison, state-owned enterprises publish reports with higher overall quality possibly due to more direct incentives and pressures from administration.Publication The Conditions and Needs of China's Children's Welfare Institutes: A Testimony of Significant Progress(2016-01-01) You, AillenWhile Western reports have previously casted shadows over China’s children’s welfare institutes, this study conducts interviews as well as on-site visits for five geographically dispersed institutes and finds that they have undergone major change since the late 1990s. Influenced by new government policies and programs as well as social changes, China’s orphanages no longer fill with female inmates but with children of both genders abandoned for their disabilities. Despite challenges associated with heavy disability statistics, participating orphanages boast excellent facilities and provide excellent nutrition, treatment, education, and post-orphanage services. Ensuing challenges include the need for additional medical specialists and more dynamic adoption and foster care systems.Publication Survey of the organic food market in China(2014-01-01) Wan, Xin; Li, Xiang; Li, XinpengThe recent development in the organic agriculture space in China has been interesting from a business perspective. While China is traditionally a strong producer of organic products, most of the output are exported. However, domestic demand has increased significantly in the past decade, which brought about a growing market. The expansion of this market will not only benefit the companies involved, but also the consumers as food safety issues continue to build up in China. In this paper, we first provide an overview of the history and discuss the state of the related markets, and then present a summary of a field trip we conducted in June 2014, and finally point to areas that deserve further investigations.Publication A Review of the Chinese Real Estate Market(2010-10-26) Qiao, XiaoThe Chinese real estate market has undergone rapid growth within the past decade. Although the growth of the real estate market has helped the Chinese economy, there are many underlying problems to such a hurried rate of growth. This paper briefly looks at the background of the real estate market leading up to the current situation, and then discusses some of the potential problems and government responses.Publication Building a private school in China: A case study of an ordinary private school in Jiangsu Province(2010-01-03) Zhong, MolinThis research paper is a case study of an ordinary private school in China. It specifically looks at what sorts of strategies the school in question used in order to compete in a confusing and nebulous sector of the Chinese economy. Through the effective management of external relationships with financiers, the local government, and the educational community as well as the internal relationships with the management structure, employees, and students, the school has achieved a measure of success. By success, the researcher means that the school has been able to survive in a difficult economic environment and maintain growth prospects. This case study provides strategies and one possible template for entrepreneurs looking to navigate the education market in China.