School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 199 Corporate China: Structure and Change Supervisor: LIN Yimin / SOSC Student: XIONG Zhijie / QSA Course: UROP 1000, Summer China's top 500 enterprises are important drivers and change agents in China's new economy. To delve deeper into their multifaceted roles in China's economic development and to anticipate the economic challenges that may arise, a comprehensive investigation of their organizational forms, ownership structures, business activities, and growth trajectories is necessary. By reclassifying and reorganizing four authoritative lists of China's top 500 companies spanning the past two decades, we are able to see the development trend of companies in each industry more clearly from the data in an integrated perspective. This progress report describes the progress made to date, including updates on data availability, cleaning, and mapping, as well as challenges such as the inconsistencies found in industry classification standards across the lists and the issue of missing data within these classifications. Understanding Bargaining Behavior During Civil War Supervisor: PARK Sunhee / SOSC Student: CHEN Pengyu / ECOF Course: UROP 2100, Fall With the goal to enhance the efficiency of processing large textual datasets, a computerized approach for keyword extraction and highlighting was developed during the development of this UROP project. While we take Angola in 1993 as an insightful example in this progress report, the application of the system is far more extensive and is capable of handling a wide range of document collections. The system efficiently minimizes the significant time burden associated with manual document inspection by utilizing Python and, most importantly, incorporating sophisticated Natural Language Processing Toolkits(NLP) algorithms to detect and identify relevant information. Understanding Bargaining Behavior During Civil War Supervisor: PARK Sunhee / SOSC Student: LIU Huaiqian / COMP Course: UROP 1100, Summer Globally, the absolute number of war deaths has been declining since 1946. And yet, conflict and violence are currently on the rise, with many conflicts today waged between non-state actors such as political militias, criminals, and international terrorist groups. This UROP project explores the various strategies and dynamics of bargaining during civil conflicts, drawing on previous researches and theoretical game theory models. We examine how rebel groups, government forces, and third-party mediators negotiate and the factors influencing their decisions, including power asymmetries, type of the regime, and external interventions. Our analysis highlights the role of military power, mutual trust and secrecy shaping bargaining outcomes and the potential for conflict resolution. By understanding these behaviors, we aim to provide insights into more effective strategies for peace building and conflict management.
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