Stephen Appold: Selected Papers and Other work

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Based on Cross-national evidence

Published / forthcoming
"Building Community through Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Vietnam and the United States."  (_____ and John D. Kasarda).  In John S. Butler and George Kozmetsky, eds., Immigrant and Minority Entrepreneurship: Building American Communities.  Rutgers University Press, forthcoming.  [abstract; text]

"National Industrial Structure and the Global System."  (Kenneth A. Bollen and _____)  American Sociological Review 58:283-301 (1993).  [abstract; text JSTOR]

"Comparative Urban Patterns and Processes."  (John D. Kasarda and _____)  Pages 92-117 in A. Gaspirini and P. Guidicini, eds., Innovazione Tecnologica e Nuovo Ordine Urbano (1990).  Angeli; Milan.  [abstract; text]
 

Based on Singapore

Published / forthcoming

"Globalization and Educated Labor in Singapore."   Forthcoming in a volume edited by Chua Beng Huat and Shin Jang-Sup.  [abstract; draft text]

"Socio-Cultural Exchange and Singaporean Identities."  Pages 17-48 in H. Kano, ed., Exploring Socio-Cultural Exchange and New Identities in Asia, Proceedings of an NUS-JSPS Workshop (2003).  Tokyo: University of Tokyo.  [slides]

"Learning to Teach: Lean Production in Universities."  Pages 280-285 in Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Center for Development of Teaching and Learning NUS (2002).    [abstract; text]

"Is Meritocracy Outmoded in a Knowledge-Based Economy?"  Singapore Economic Review, 46: 17-48 (2001).    [abstract; text]

Reply to comment: "Differentiating Merit from Capability." Singapore Economic Review, 46: 279-281.  [abstract; text]
In-progress
"Social Integration, Social Support, and Social Influence in Singapore"  (_____ and Calvin Fones Soon Leng)  [abstract; proposal]
A project proposal submitted (and approved) to the Academic Research Committee
"Singaporean Family Life in High-Rise Apartment Blocks."  (_____ and Belinda Yuen).   [abstract; draft]
2003 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 2003.
"To Live High or Low: Case Study of Singapore Housing Residents."  (Belinda Yuen, Anthony Yeh, _____, George Earl, John Ting, and Kwee Lanny Kurnianingrum).
The CIB-CTBUH International Conference on Tall Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, 8-10 May 2003 (accepted – conference postponed)
"Educated Labor in Singapore: Career Prospects Before and After the Crisis."
Global Challenges and Local Responses: A Comparison between Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea, National University of Singapore, 26-27 April 2003  (accepted – conference postponed)
"Can City-States Learn?"
Role and Identity of City-States and Micro States in the World Today, FASS-Sorbonne Conference hosted by National University of Singapore's Department of History, April 2003.  (accepted – conference postponed)
"Consultation and Control: the Singaporean Business Elite between Democracy and Authoritarianism."  [abstract; text]
2002 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 2002.
"Graduates in Distress: The Singaporean Middle Class in the Knowledge-Based Economy."  [abstract; text]
IUSSP Regional Population Conference, Southeast Asia's Population in a Changing Asian Context, Bangkok 10-13 June 2002.  Also presented to Department of Sociology, Seminar Series, 4 September 2002.
"Singapore's Industrial Policy In A New Era: Painful Lessons for Busan."  [text]
"International Workshop on Pusan's Benchmarking Singapore" 11 September 2001, sponsored by Pusan Development Institute (PDI), Pusan Metropolitan City Hall.
"Living the High Life in Singapore Public Housing"    (Belinda Yuen, Anthony Yeh, _____, George Earl, John Ting, and Kwee Lanny Kurnianingrum).

Based on the U.S.

Published / forthcoming

"How much longer would men work if there were no employment dislocation?  Estimates from cause-elimination work life tables."  Social Science Research, forthcoming.   [abstract; text]

"Research Parks and the Location of Industrial Research Laboratories: an Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Policy Intervention."  Research Policy, 33: 225-243 (2004).   [abstract; text]

"Building Community through Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Vietnam and the United States."  (_____ and John D. Kasarda).  In John S. Butler and George Kozmetsky, eds., Immigrant and Minority Entrepreneurship: Building American Communities.  Rutgers University Press, forthcoming.  [abstract; text]

"The Control of High-skill Labor and Entrepreneurship in the Early U.S. Semiconductor Industry."  Environment and Planning A 32: 2133-2160 (2000).  [abstract; text]

"Labor Market Imperfections and the Agglomeration of Firms: Evidence from the U.S. Semiconductor Industry's Emergent Period."  Environment and Planning A  30:439-462 (1998).  [abstract; text]

"Central-City and Suburban Migration Patterns: Is a Turnaround on the Horizon?"  (John D. Kasarda, ______, Stuart Sweeney and Elaine Sieff). Housing Policy Debate 8:307-358 (1997).  [abstract; text Fannie Mae Foundation website]

"Agglomeration, Inter-Organizational Networks, and Competitive Performance in the U.S. Metalworking Sector."  Economic Geography 71:27-54 (1995).  [abstract; text JSTOR]

"The Location Processes of Industrial Research Laboratories." The Annals of Regional Science 25:131-144 (1991).  [abstract; text]

"Paradigms of Agglomeration Under Advanced Technologies.  (Agglomerationen unter den Bedingungen fortgeschrittener Technologien)"  (_____ and John D. Kasarda)  Koelner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Social Psychologie Sonderheft 29: 132-149 (1988).  [abstract; text]

In-progress
"How much longer would men work if there were no employment dislocation?  Estimates from cause-elimination work life tables."  [abstract; text; metohological appendix]

2003 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 2003.
"The Location Patterns of U.S. Industrial Research: Mimetic Isomorphism, and the Emergence of Geographic Charisma."  [abstract; text]
International Workshop on Science, Technology and Society: Lessons and Challenges.  National University of Singapore,  19-20 April 2002
"Recent Trends in U.S. Employment Dislocation."  [slides]
Fifth ASEAN Inter-University Seminar on Social Development: Post-Crisis Southeast Asia," National University of Singapore, 23-25 May 2001
"The Ambiguous Effects of Agglomeration on Plant-Level Technological Change."  [abstract; text]

"A Labor Market Theory of Entrepreneurship in Knowledge-Intensive Industries."  [abstract; text]

Based on Vietnam

Published / forthcoming
"Patron-client Relationships in a Restructuring Economy: an Exploration of Inter-organizational Linkages in Vietnam."  (_____ and Dinh the Phong).  Economic Development and Cultural Change, 50: 47-76 (2001).  [abstract; text University of Chicago Press website]

"Work Attitudes in Vietnam: Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction in a Restructuring Economy."  (Le Ngoc Hung, _____, and Arne L. Kalleberg). Journal of Asian Business 15(3): 41-68 (1999).  [abstract; text]

"Small Private Manufacturers in Hanoi: A Pilot Study of Entrepreneurship in a Restructuring Economy"  (_____, Nguyen Quy Thanh, John D. Kasarda, and Le Ngoc Hung).  Journal of Asian Business  12 (4):1-31 (1996).  [abstract; text]

In-progress
"Social embedding as a solution to a control problem: Evidence from Vietnamese small business."  (_____ and Nguyen Quy Thanh).   [abstract; updated draft]

International Sociological Association Mid-term Meeting, “Global Challenges and Local Responses: Trends and Developments in Society and Sociology in Asia and Beyond.” 14-16 March 2004.  National University of Singapore.
"Social Capital in Small Enterprises and the Household Economy in Vietnam." (_____ and Nguyen Quy Thanh).
Sixth ASEAN Inter-University Seminar on Social Development: Reforming Southeast Asia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 20-22 May 2003 (accepted – conference postponed)
"Family and Friends in Small-Scale Businesses, An Exploratory Study of Industrial Districts in Vietnam"  (_____, Le Ngoc Hung, Nguyen Quy Thanh, and John D. Kasarda)  [abstract; text]

"Variations and Flexibility in Human Resource Practices in Vietnam: A Comparison of State-Owned Enterprises, Cooperatives, and Private Firms." (_____ and John D. Kasarda).  [abstract; text]

Based on Thailand

Published / forthcoming
"Cross-cutting Group Affiliations and Employee Attachment: Cross-national management among U.S. and Japanese transplants in Thailand"  (_____, Sununta Siengthai, and John D. Kasarda).  In Roland Tolentino, Ong Jin Hui, and Hing Ai Yun, eds., Trans-Global Economies and Cultures: Contemporary Japan and Southeast Asia.  University of Philippines Press, forthcoming.    [abstract; text]

"The Employment of Women Managers and Professionals in an Emerging Economy: Gender Inequality as an Organizational Practice."  (_____, Sununta Siengthai, and John D. Kasarda).  Administrative Science Quarterly  43: 538-565 (1998).  [abstract; text JSTOR]

"The Changing Pattern of Entrepreneurship in a Rapidly Developing Nation."  (_____ and John D. Kasarda)  Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 13:245-257 (1993).  [abstract; text]

In-progress
"Interorganizational Supply Linkages and Firm Performance among Multinationals in Thailand: An empirical exploration of institutional theory"  (_____, Sununta Siengthai, and John D. Kasarda).  [abstract; text]
 

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