Dr. Carlos  Wing-Hung Lo
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Dr. Carlos Wing-Hung Lo

Professor and HOD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Politics from Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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Biography

Dr. Carlos Wing-Hung Lo is currently working as Professor and Head at Department of Management and Marketing the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his PhD in Politics from Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Dr. Carlos received honors includes FB Fellow Award, Outstanding Research Award. Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Outstanding Professional Service Award, Most Active New Consultant, Merit, PolyU Technology and Consultancy Company Limited, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and many others. He supervised 4 PhD and 4 M.phil thesis. He is also serving as member of many committees. He also organized 7 conferences. His area of research interest focuses on Chinese Legal System, Corporate Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China and Hong Kong, Cultural Hertiage Management in China, Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong, and Public Sector Management in China and Hong Kong. He has published 16 Books, Monographs and Journal Symposiums, 69 articles in SCI journals. He is also serving as reviewer and member of editorial board in number of journals.

Area of Interest:

Social Sciences
100%
Chinese Legal System
62%
Corporate Environmental Management
90%
Cultural Hertiage Management
75%
Corporate Social Responsibility
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

  1. Ni, N., C. Egri, C.W.H. Lo and C. Yeh, 2015. Patterns of corporate social responsibilities practices in three chinese societies. J. Bus. Ethics, 126: 169-183.
  2. Liu, N.N., C.W.H. Lo, X. Zhan and W. Wang, 2015. Campaign-style enforcement and regulatory compliance. Public Admin. Rev., 75: 85-95.
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  3. Zhan, X., C.W.H. Lo and S.Y. Tang, 2014. Contextual changes and environmental policy implementation: A longitudinal study of Street-level bureaucrats in Guangzhou, China. J. Public Admin. Res. Theory, 24: 1005-1035.
  4. Ngai, E.W.T., D.C. Chau, C.W.H. Lo and C.F. Lei, 2014. Design and development of a corporate sustainability index platform for corporate sustainability performance analysis. J. Eng. Technol. Manage., 34: 63-77.
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  5. Yee, W.H., C.W.H. Lo and S.Y. Tang, 2013. Assessing ecological modernization in China: Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental management practices in Guangdong province. China Q., 213: 101-129.
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  6. Van Rooij, B., G.E. Fryxell, C.W.H. Lo and W. Wang, 2013. Changing perceptions of local government and societal support for regulatory enforcement in China. Regulat. Governance, 7: 321-347.
  7. Lo, C.W.H., P.H.Y. Li and N.N. Liu, 2013. The ombudsman and stakeholder engagement in Hong Kong: An initial assessment. Public Admin. Policy, 16: 55-74.
  8. Lo, C.W.H., Y.F. Lee and X.Y. Zhan, 2012. China's Green Challenges in the Rise to Global Power under the Leadership of Hu Jintao. In: China: A New Stage of Development for an Emerging Superpower, Cheng, J.Y.S. (Ed.). University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, pp: 415-451.
  9. Lo, C.W.H., G.E. Fryxell, B. van Rooij, W. Wang and P.H. Li, 2012. Explaining the enforcement gap in China: Local government support and internal agency obstacles as predictors of enforcement actions in Guangzhou. J. Environ. Manage., 111: 227-235.
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  10. Francesch-Huidobro, M., C.W.H. Lo and S.Y. Tang, 2012. The local environmental regulatory regime in China: Changes in Pro-environment orientation, institutional capacity and external political support in Guangzhou. Environ. Plann.-Part A, 44: 2493-2511.
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  11. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2012. Marketisation of public services in China: Reforming the provision of solid waste services in Guangzhou's environmental sector. World Rev. Sci. Technol. Sustainable Dev., 9: 34-55.
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  12. Lo, C.W.H., H.W.H. Yee, N.N. Liu and H.Y. Li, 2011. Ombudsman and Stakeholder Engagement for Improved Service Delivery. In: Strengthening the Ombudsman Institution in Asia: Improving Accountability in Public Service Delivery through the Ombudsman, Asian Development Bank (Ed.). Asian Development Bank, Philippines, pp: 117-189.
  13. Lee, Y.S.F., C.W.H. Lo and A.K.Y. Lee, 2011. Environment. In: Handbook of Contemporary China, Tay, W. and A. So (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, pp: 205-236.
  14. Van Rooij, B. and C.W.H. Lo, 2010. Fragile convergence: Understanding variation in the enforcement of China's industrial pollution law. Law Policy, 32: 14-37.
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  15. Tang, S.Y., C.W.H. Lo and G.E. Fryxell, 2010. Governance reform, external support and environmental regulation enforcement in rural China: The case of Guangdong province. J. Environ. Manage., 91: 2008-2018.
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  16. Lo, C.W.H., G.E. Fryxell and Y.D. Liao, 2010. Environmental Regulation in Guangdong Province: A Survey of Environmental Officials in County-Level Jurisdictions. In: Guangdong: Challenges in Development and Crisis Management, Cheng, J.Y.S. (Ed.). City University Press, Hong Kong, pp: 263-301.
  17. Lo, C.W.H., G.E. Fryxell and S.Y. Tang, 2010. Environmental impact, stakeholder pressures and corporate environmental management in China. Environ. Politics, 19: 888-909.
  18. Lee, Y.S.F., C.W.H. Lo and A.K.Y. Lee, 2010. Strategy misguided: The weak links between urban emission control measures, vehicular emissions and public health in Guangzhou. J. Contemp. China, 19: 37-54.
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  19. Lam, T.C. and C.W.H. Lo, 2010. The Urban District: Half or Full Level of State Administration? In: China's Local Administration: Traditions and Changes in the Sub-National Hierachy, Chung, J.C. and T.C. Lam (Eds.). Routledge, U.K., pp: 196-219.
  20. Tang, S.Y. and C.W.H. Lo, 2009. The political economy of service organization reform in China: An institutional choice analysis. J. Public Admin. Res. Theory, 19: 731-767.
  21. Lo, C.W.H., G.E. Fryxell and B. van Rooij, 2009. Changes in enforcement styles among environmental enforcement officials in China. Environ. Plann. A, 41: 2706-2723.
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  22. Snape, E., C.W.H. Lo and T. Redman, 2008. The Three-component model of occupational commitment a comparative study of Chinese and British accountants. J. Cross-Cult. Psychol., 39: 765-781.
  23. Lo, C.W.H., C.P. Egri and D.A. Ralston, 2008. Commitment to corporate, social and environmental responsibilities: An insight into contrasting perspectives in China and the US. Organiz. Manage. J., 5: 83-98.
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  24. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2008. Local waste management constraints and waste administrators in China. Waste Manage., 28: 272-281.
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  25. Robertson, P., C.W.H. Lo and S.Y. Tang, 2007. Antecedents of commitment among public employees in China. Admin. Soc., 39: 3-24.
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  26. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2007. The roles of Grassroots-level local government in sustainable waste management in China. Int. J. Sustainable Dev. World Ecol., 14: 133-144.
  27. Wing-Hung Lo, C. and S.Y. Tang, 2006. Institutional reform, economic changes and local environmental management in China: The case of Guangdong Province. Environ. Politics, 15: 190-210.
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  28. Ralston, D.A., J. Pounder, C.W.H. Lo, Y.Y. Wong, C.P. Egri and J. Stauffer, 2006. Stability and change in managerial work values: A longitudinal study of China, Hong Kong and the U.S. Manage. Organiz. Rev., 2: 67-94.
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  29. Lo, C.W.H., G.E. Fryxell and W.W.H. Wong, 2006. Effective environmental regulation with little effect: The antecedent of the perceptions of environment officials on enforcement effectiveness in China. Environ. Manage., 39: 388-410.
  30. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2006. Sustainable Development in Urban Cities in the Pearl River Delta Region: Comparing Guangzhou and Hong Kong. In: Developing a Competitive Pearl River Delta in South China under One Country-Two Systems, Yeh, A.G.O., V.F.S. Sit, G. Chen and Y. Zhou (Eds.). Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp: 271-308.
  31. Tang, S.Y., C.P. Tang, C.W.H. Lo, 2005. Public participation and environmental impact assessment in mainland China and Taiwan: Political foundations of environmental management. J. Dev. Stud., 41: 1-32.
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  32. Lo, C.W.H., 2005. The Green Challenge. In: The Confluence of Affluence: The Pearl River Delta Story, Tam, L. (Ed.). SCMP Books, Hong Kong, pp: 163-169.
  33. Lo, C.W.H. and G.E. Fryxell, 2005. Governmental and societal support for environmental enforcement in China: An empirical study in Guangzhou. J. Dev. Stud., 41: 558-588.
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  34. Lo, C.W.H. and E. Snape, 2005. Lawyers in the People's republic of China: A study of commitment and professionalization. Am. J. Compar. Law, 53: 433-455.
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  35. Du Cros, H., T. Bauer, C. Lo and S. Rui, 2005. Cultural heritage assets in China as sustainable tourism products: Case studies of the Hutongs and the Huanghua section of the Great Wall. J. Sustainable Tourism, 13: 171-194.
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  36. Chung, S.S., G.E. Fryxell and C.W. Lo, 2005. Corporate environmental policy statements in mainland China: to what extent do they conform to ISO 14000 documentation? Environ. Manage., 35: 468-482.
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  37. Lo, C.W.H. and S.S. Chung, 2004. The responses and prospects of sustainable development for Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Int. J. Sustainable Dev. World Ecol., 11: 151-167.
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  38. Lo, C.W.H. and A.C.Y. Cheuk, 2004. Community policing in Hong Kong: Development, performance and constraints. Policing: Int. J. Police Strategies Manage., 27: 97-127.
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  39. Fryxell, G.E., S.S. Chung and C.W. Lo, 2004. Does the selection of ISO 14001 registrars matter? Registrar reputation and environmental policy statements in China. J. Environ. Manage., 71: 45-57.
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  40. Fryxell, G.E., C.W.H. Lo and S.S. Chung, 2004. Influence of motivations for seeking ISO 14001 certification on perceptions of EMS effectiveness in China. Environ. Manage., 33: 239-251.
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  41. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2004. Waste management in Guangdong cities: The waste management literacy and waste reduction preferences of domestic waste generators. Environ. Manage., 33: 692-711.
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  42. Tang, S.Y., C.W.H. Lo and G.E. Fryxell, 2003. Enforcement styles, organizational commitment and enforcement effectiveness: An empirical study of local environmental protection officials in urban China. Environ. Plann. A, 35: 75-94.
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  43. Lo, C.W.H. and G.E. Fryxell, 2003. Enforcement styles among environmental protection officials in China. J. Public Policy, 23: 81-115.
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  44. Lo, C.W.H. and A.C.Y. Cheuk, 2003. Police-public projects in Hong Kong: An evaluation. Asian J. Public Admin., 25: 287-313.
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  45. Fryxell, G.E., C.W.H. Lo and T.C. Lam, 2003. Allocation of responsibility: Managerial perspectives on pollution in three Chinese municipalities. Environ. Plann. C: Govern. Policy, 21: 445-465.
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  46. Fryxell, G.E. and C.W.H. Lo, 2003. The influence of environmental knowledge and values on managerial behaviours on behalf of the environment: An empirical examination of managers in China. J. Bus. Ethics, 46: 45-69.
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  47. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2003. Evaluating sustainability in waste management: The case of construction and demolition, chemical and clinical wastes in Hong Kong. Resour. Conserv. Recycl., 37: 119-145.
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  48. Lo, C.W.H. and R.J. Wickins, 2002. Towards an accountable and quality public administration in Hong Kong: Redressing administrative grievances through the Ombudsman. Int. J. Public Admin., 25: 737-772.
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  49. Fryxell, G.E. and C.W. Lo, 2002. Preferences for dealing with environmental problems: An empirical study of managers in three mainland Chinese cities. J. Environ. Manage., 64: 35-47.
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  50. Chung, S.S., C.W.H. Lo and C.S. Poon, 2002. Factors affecting waste disposal facilities siting in southern China. J. Environ. Assess. Policy Manage., 4: 241-262.
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  51. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2002. Meeting the Higher Order Needs in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Comparison between Hong Kong and Guangzhou. In: Resource Management, Urbanization and Governance in Hong Kong and the Zhujiang, Delta, K.Y.W. and J. Shen (Eds.). Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, pp: 181-230.
  52. Chung, S.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2002. China's Green Challenges in the Twenty-First Century. In: China's Challenges in the Twenty-first Century, Cheng, J.Y.S. (Ed.). City University Press, Hong Kong, pp: 719-769.
  53. Yuen, P.P. and C.W.H. Lo, 2001. Alternatively delivery systems for public services in Hong Kong: The hospital authority vs the housing authority. Int. Rev. Public Admin., 5: 55-66.
  54. Lo, C.W.H., J.M.K. Lo and K.C. Cheung, 2001. Service Organizations in the Environmental Governance System of the People's Republic of China. In: Remaking China's Public Management, Lee and Lo (Eds.). Quorum Books, Westport, pp: 41-63.
  55. Lo, C.W.H., J.M.K. Lo and K.C. Cheung, 2001. Institutional reform in environmental governance system of the People's Republic of China: Service organizations as an alternative for administrative enhancement. Rev. Policy Res., 18: 36-57.
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  56. Lee, P.N.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2001. Remaking China's Public Management: Problem Areas and Analytical Perspectives. In: Remaking China's Public Management, Lee, P.N.S. and C.W.H. Lo (Eds.). Quorum Books, Westport, pp: 1-16.
  57. Lee, P.N.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2001. Issues in public management reform in China. Rev. Policy Res., 18: 8-14.
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  58. Lee, P.N.S. and C.W.H. Lo, 2001. Empirical Findings and Theoretical Trends in China's Public Management. In: Remaking China's Public Management, Lee, P.N.S. and C.W.H. Lo (Eds.). Quorum Books, Westport, pp: 223-238.
  59. Fryxell, G.E. and C.W.H. Lo, 2001. Organizational membership and environmental ethics: A comparison of managers in State-owned firms, collectives, private firms and joint ventures in China. World Dev., 29: 1941-1956.
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