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Introduction of useful indicators : Doing Business Project from World Bank

What is the Doing Business project about? The Doing Business project from the World Bank provides objective and quantitative measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional levels, which serves as an important indicator for multinational companies when choosing potential economies to expand their businesses.Continue reading “Introduction of useful indicators : Doing Business Project from World Bank”

Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports

Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports Errors extensively exist in most of the survey results, whose sources vary from nonresponse error, measurement error, framing error, etc. When reading statistics from a survey, we need  to recognize all sorts of potential errors behind it, in order to avoid being misled. What is even betterContinue reading “Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports”

Cautionary remarks for the statistics of Regional Headquarters, Regional Offices and Local Offices by C&SD

Cautionary remarks of interpreting the survey results There are a few cautionary remarks worth paying attention to when reading the number of Regional Headquarters(RHQs) /Regional Offices(ROs)/Local Offices(LOs) in the report of “Annual survey of companies in Hong Kong with Parent Companies Located outside Hong Kong” ( called the Survey hereafter), published by Census and StatisticsContinue reading “Cautionary remarks for the statistics of Regional Headquarters, Regional Offices and Local Offices by C&SD”

The development of regional headquarters in Hong Kong in recent decades

Executive summary: The number of RHQs in Hong Kong grew steadily in the long run, despite dropping for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. The number of RHQs from mainland China rose exceptionally in recent years, narrowing the share gap with the US, the head in the list. Over half of RHQs engaged inContinue reading “The development of regional headquarters in Hong Kong in recent decades”

Private International Law

In international trade, conflicts arise because of different systems of commercial law in various countries, which leads to the so-called conflict of laws.   For example, when dealing with a trade dispute, each country’s judicial system works on different principles. Which country’s law should be applied? This, in turn, is another issue of the application ofContinue reading “Private International Law”

Invisible Trade – Teaching Case

Introduction This is a teaching case aiming to introduce certain trade concepts and Hong Kong trade situation to secondary school students or non-economic undergraduates. Two groups of students from Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong involved in the whole project, from conducting research on Hong Kong Trade statistics to deigning a game for teachingContinue reading “Invisible Trade – Teaching Case”