Kee-Cheok Cheong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3793682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kee-Cheok Cheong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kee-Cheok |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheong |
| SIGNATURE | CHEONG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malaya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8139-9345 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Strongmen politics and investment flows
We examine Chinese President Xi Jinping’s close relations with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (2009-2018) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (2016-), an outcome of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). We argue strongmen use their political power, shaped by their own political-economic systems, to tap into the BRI’s available capital to fuel their political agendas. We illustrate this argument in Malaysia, a country with a centralized…
Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates' and employers' perceptions - a Malaysia case study
As human capital came to the fore in the discourse on economic growth, so too has the concepts of employment prospects and employability attributes as students transit to the labor market. This paper examines three issues in this transition in the context of Malaysia. These are, first, how important is employment prospects a consideration when students choose institutions to join and programs to pursue? Second, what is their understanding of the …
Huawei and ZTE in Malaysia
While much research has been undertaken on firms' internationalisation, much less has been written on internationalisation's other side, localisation. Yet with the rise of emerging economies, especially Chinese transnational corporations, localisation has become an increasingly significant. This article examines the localisation experience of two Chinese telecommunications enterprises – Huawei and ZTE – in Malaysia. By holding these factors const…
Employing the 'unemployable
Malaysia has made significant progress in advancing access to education over the last two decades, having achieved the education goals of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Unfortunately, this has not been accompanied by quality improvement, with reports of ‘unemployable’ graduates a frequent refrain. This paper reports on a study of Malaysian employers’ perceptions of the country's graduates that finds a much more nuanced picture. While empl…
The internationalisation of family firms
Internationalisation is an important part of the business history of both non-family and family firms. The discourse regarding both is based on the mainstream microeconomic theories of the firm. This article, through examining the case histories of two successful Chinese overseas family firms, shows that explanations of internationalisation need often to venture beyond the confines of existing theories, especially where contextual factors are inf…
Diffusion of Catching-up Industrialization Strategies
This paper provides an overview of catch-up industrialization strategies in East Asia over the past few decades, articulating a theoretical-conceptual change from Akamatsu's Flying Geese Model to a leapfrogging and path-creating catching-up model. Within this intellectual context, this study explores the economic, political and institutional conditions for effective implementation of catch-up strategies (management of state-created learning rents…
Stakeholder perspectives of China's land consolidation program
TNE - Trans-national education or tensions between national and external? A case study of Malaysia
Transnational education, primarily at the tertiary level, has been growing rapidly, bringing with it high hopes and expectations of benefits to institutions in the countries of origin and destination. However, these potential benefits come with a set of challenges that must be overcome. These challenges include the need to reconcile the often-conflicting objectives of the stakeholders involved, bridge learning traditions/styles and cultural divid…
Hong Kong as charter city prototype – When concept meets reality
Stakeholder perspectives of China's land consolidation program
Huawei and ZTE in Malaysia
While much research has been undertaken on firms' internationalisation, much less has been written on internationalisation's other side, localisation. Yet with the rise of emerging economies, especially Chinese transnational corporations, localisation has become an increasingly significant. This article examines the localisation experience of two Chinese telecommunications enterprises – Huawei and ZTE – in Malaysia. By holding these factors const…
Strongmen politics and investment flows
We examine Chinese President Xi Jinping’s close relations with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (2009-2018) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (2016-), an outcome of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). We argue strongmen use their political power, shaped by their own political-economic systems, to tap into the BRI’s available capital to fuel their political agendas. We illustrate this argument in Malaysia, a country with a centralized…
The internationalisation of family firms
Internationalisation is an important part of the business history of both non-family and family firms. The discourse regarding both is based on the mainstream microeconomic theories of the firm. This article, through examining the case histories of two successful Chinese overseas family firms, shows that explanations of internationalisation need often to venture beyond the confines of existing theories, especially where contextual factors are inf…
TNE - Trans-national education or tensions between national and external? A case study of Malaysia
Transnational education, primarily at the tertiary level, has been growing rapidly, bringing with it high hopes and expectations of benefits to institutions in the countries of origin and destination. However, these potential benefits come with a set of challenges that must be overcome. These challenges include the need to reconcile the often-conflicting objectives of the stakeholders involved, bridge learning traditions/styles and cultural divid…
Employing the 'unemployable
Malaysia has made significant progress in advancing access to education over the last two decades, having achieved the education goals of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Unfortunately, this has not been accompanied by quality improvement, with reports of ‘unemployable’ graduates a frequent refrain. This paper reports on a study of Malaysian employers’ perceptions of the country's graduates that finds a much more nuanced picture. While empl…
Diffusion of Catching-up Industrialization Strategies
This paper provides an overview of catch-up industrialization strategies in East Asia over the past few decades, articulating a theoretical-conceptual change from Akamatsu's Flying Geese Model to a leapfrogging and path-creating catching-up model. Within this intellectual context, this study explores the economic, political and institutional conditions for effective implementation of catch-up strategies (management of state-created learning rents…
Hong Kong as charter city prototype – When concept meets reality
Hong Kong as charter city prototype – When concept meets reality
Diffusion of Catching-up Industrialization Strategies
This paper provides an overview of catch-up industrialization strategies in East Asia over the past few decades, articulating a theoretical-conceptual change from Akamatsu's Flying Geese Model to a leapfrogging and path-creating catching-up model. Within this intellectual context, this study explores the economic, political and institutional conditions for effective implementation of catch-up strategies (management of state-created learning rents…
Stakeholder perspectives of China's land consolidation program
TNE - Trans-national education or tensions between national and external? A case study of Malaysia
Transnational education, primarily at the tertiary level, has been growing rapidly, bringing with it high hopes and expectations of benefits to institutions in the countries of origin and destination. However, these potential benefits come with a set of challenges that must be overcome. These challenges include the need to reconcile the often-conflicting objectives of the stakeholders involved, bridge learning traditions/styles and cultural divid…
The internationalisation of family firms
Internationalisation is an important part of the business history of both non-family and family firms. The discourse regarding both is based on the mainstream microeconomic theories of the firm. This article, through examining the case histories of two successful Chinese overseas family firms, shows that explanations of internationalisation need often to venture beyond the confines of existing theories, especially where contextual factors are inf…
Employing the 'unemployable
Malaysia has made significant progress in advancing access to education over the last two decades, having achieved the education goals of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Unfortunately, this has not been accompanied by quality improvement, with reports of ‘unemployable’ graduates a frequent refrain. This paper reports on a study of Malaysian employers’ perceptions of the country's graduates that finds a much more nuanced picture. While empl…
Huawei and ZTE in Malaysia
While much research has been undertaken on firms' internationalisation, much less has been written on internationalisation's other side, localisation. Yet with the rise of emerging economies, especially Chinese transnational corporations, localisation has become an increasingly significant. This article examines the localisation experience of two Chinese telecommunications enterprises – Huawei and ZTE – in Malaysia. By holding these factors const…
Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates' and employers' perceptions - a Malaysia case study
As human capital came to the fore in the discourse on economic growth, so too has the concepts of employment prospects and employability attributes as students transit to the labor market. This paper examines three issues in this transition in the context of Malaysia. These are, first, how important is employment prospects a consideration when students choose institutions to join and programs to pursue? Second, what is their understanding of the …
Strongmen politics and investment flows
We examine Chinese President Xi Jinping’s close relations with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (2009-2018) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (2016-), an outcome of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). We argue strongmen use their political power, shaped by their own political-economic systems, to tap into the BRI’s available capital to fuel their political agendas. We illustrate this argument in Malaysia, a country with a centralized…
Political science (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · China (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)