How Logistics Investment Arrangement is a Key Concern to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)? A Legal and Policy Analysis of CPEC Logistics Investment Model and Future Challenges for Pakistan

Idrees, Rao Qasim; Shapiee, Rohimi; Ahamat, Haniff; Hanwei, Luo

doi:10.18488/journal.1.2018.811.1059.1067

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“…This study confirms the validity and arguments of almost all the authors enlisted in the literature review e.g. Abbas et al (Abbas, S., Shouping, L., Sidra, F., & Sharif, 2018), Ahmer (Ahmar, 2014), Ahmad and Hong (Ahmad, Riaz & Mi, 2017), Idrees et al (Idrees, R. Q., Shapiee, R., Ahamat, H., & Hanwei, 2018), Imtiaz et al (Imtiaz, Salman, Kamal, 2016) and Mirza et al (RafiaIqtadar Mirza, Kiran Azeem, Nudrat Waheed, 2017) etc. Therefore, the CPEC that is dubbed as a "Game Changer" is threatened both from the inside and outside.…”

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“…Khan (Khan, 2018) is of the view that it is the unstable political environment that is the dominant reason behind the diminishing economy. Idrees Shapiee Ahmad and Hanwei (Idrees, R. Q., Shapiee, R., Ahamat, H., & Hanwei, 2018) are in agreement with Khan that the instability in Political environment, external and internal interventions might cause the cancellation of CPEC project. The study indicates that any cancellation or abolition due to local political quandaries or governance would constitute a breach of international commitments.…”

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Revisiting the Determinants and Challenges of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Cpec) Through the Lens of Public Opinion

Mahmood¹,

Askari²

2022

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The world has witnessed the establishment of regional and global strategic environment and the 21st century is no exception. It helps encouraging geo-economical and geostrategic partnership among countries. The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) of which China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project is a major developmental project. The CPEC, undeniably, presents ample opportunities and to both China and Pakistan, it is not a smooth sailing ship as it is jolted by high winds and thrashing waves from all sides. It has invited discontent from inside and criticism from the outside from the very beginning. These voices of discontent especially from the ethnic groups living in close proximity of CPEC projects occasionally have resulted into creating an impression that this project would be doomed. This paper is an attempt to revisit the determinants and challenges that Islamabad is facing both from inside and the outside to implement this mega project. More specifically, it analyses the internal discontent that is reflected through protests by various ethnic groups that feel deprived of the promised economic fruits of this project. It further seeks to evaluate the challenges that exist in the form of public support and public concerns about the promised benefits of CPEC projects. This study is qualitative in nature that utilizes both primary and secondary sources of data collection. Significantly high level of awareness is found among masses about CPEC but public support and concerns are posing serious challenges for the government. Analyzing both the internal and external challenges, a strong resolve have been demonstrated by both Pakistan and China to counter these threats pragmatically. The internal discontent of the various ethnic groups poses a serious challenge, so it is imperative to address the grievances of these aggrieved groups on practical grounds. Keywords: Strategic partnership; Determinants; Challenges; China-Pakistan Economic Corridor; Belt and Road Initiative; Discontent; Criticism; Ethnic groups etc.

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Revisiting the Determinants and Challenges of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Cpec) Through the Lens of Public Opinion

Mahmood¹,

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2022

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“…Given the case of the logistics industry in Pakistan, the CPEC project has been acknowledged as a game changer for not only the logistics SMEs but also for its complement for the economies that are directly or indirectly related to Pakistan (i.e., ECO region). This can be attributed to the fact that this project is intended to focus on the development of a national logistics network that would result in the expansion of distribution and warehousing networks; however, the lack of sufficient logistics and processing facilities is expected to result in a challenging situation for the agricultural products ( Idrees et al, 2018 ; Shaikh et al, 2021 ; Tunio et al, 2021c ). However, this CPEC project has been expected to bring a revolutionary change in the logistics industry of Pakistan, while influencing and encouraging the SMEs operating within this industry to work on automation and taking advantage of the IT integration.…”

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How maritime logistic SMEs lead and gain competitive advantage by applying information technology?

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Shahbaz²,

Qureshi³

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Front. Psychol.

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The aim of this study was to examine the importance of information technology for logistics Small Medium Entreprise (SMEs) in Pakistan. It is the time of technological rapidness; especially after COVID-19, the word business has majorly transformed into a digital business. If an organization did not shift toward technology, it would be hard for it to even sustain in this rapid era. This study adopts the questionnaire after extensive literature review. A quantitative study was conducted among logistics SMEs in Pakistan to empirically verify what competitive advantages they are leading and gaining from information technology and how much information technology is important for their sustainability. The literature lacks information about the ways in which information technology has been integrated into logistics SMEs operating model, and more specifically, there is no information about IT valence, IT resource commitment, IT managerial commitment, and IT competency. The research is primarily quantitative in nature, where the data were collected via a close-ended questionnaire from 340 logistics SMEs in Pakistan. The independent variable of this research was information technology (i.e., IT valence, IT resource commitment, IT managerial commitment, and IT competency), whereas the dependent variable was competitive advantage. The study found that IT had a significant impact on the competitive advantage of logistics SMEs operating in Pakistan. All the variables related to IT had a significant impact on competitive advantage, which included IT valence, IT resource commitment, IT managerial commitment, and IT competency. This study helps managers and owners of logistics SMEs in decision-making, who can understand how much IT can enhance their performance and reduce their risks. This study has been specifically conducted with logistics SMEs operating in Pakistan, which means that there is much scope to be worked upon, i.e., by selecting companies operating in other countries and comparing them with current findings. This study observes the impact of information technology (i.e., IT valence, IT resource commitment, IT managerial commitment, and IT competency) on competitive advantage, and other independent variables can be studied to find the impact on competitive advantage.

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“…Social comparison theory states that comparisons are made by individuals to validate judgements and reduce uncertainty (Festinger, 1954, Van Rooy et al, 2016. Past research has concluded that comparisons often occur with others who are worse (downward comparison) or better (upward comparison) instead of those equal on a desired trait (lateral comparison) (Hanus and Fox, 2015;Idrees, et. al., 2018).…”

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The Effects of Self-Esteem and Influence of Friends via Social Media on Body Image Amongst Children

Ahmad¹,

Idris²,

Jing³

2019

IJFR

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Introduction: With the rise and fall of many communication platforms embedded into our everyday lives and the on-going maturity of the digitalization era, social media usage has tremendously increased over the past decade. The purpose of this research is to identify to what extent self-esteem and the influence of friends’ impact children's perception of their body image through social media and how powerful social media in influencing the body image of children.Methodology: The theoretical implication of this study is to expand the usage of Signalling theory, Sociocultural theory and Social Comparison theory towards better explaining children’s behaviours and the factors that impact children view of their body image. 282 children were recruited using the snowball sampling technique and data collected were analysed using Smart-PLS to see the impacts and relationship between all variables.Results: This study found that the self-esteem and friends do impacts body comparison on social media. However, the self-esteem is negatively correlated. The study also identified that there is a significance direct relationship between the direct impacts of self-esteem and friends towards the body image. On the other hand, the social media is found to have no direct impact on body image.Conclusion/- and Recommendations: This study provides a better insight for the government on the importance of regulation of advertisements particularly via social media and for the society at large to create a more socially supportive environment for adolescents to communicate and help them grow their mind-set on the acceptable and realistic standards of beauty as well as contributes to the existing knowledge on the role of social media and adds knowledge to how powerful social media in giving impacts to body image among adolescences.

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How Logistics Investment Arrangement is a Key Concern to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)? A Legal and Policy Analysis of CPEC Logistics Investment Model and Future Challenges for Pakistan

Cited by 6 publications

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Revisiting the Determinants and Challenges of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Cpec) Through the Lens of Public Opinion

Revisiting the Determinants and Challenges of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Cpec) Through the Lens of Public Opinion

How maritime logistic SMEs lead and gain competitive advantage by applying information technology?

The Effects of Self-Esteem and Influence of Friends via Social Media on Body Image Amongst Children

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