Corporate Governance and Banking in China.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Preamble -- 2 Overview of banking system -- 3 Research objectives -- 4 The reform of China's banking sector -- 5 Conceptual tools to analyse corporate governance -- 6 Summary -- 2 Models of corporate governance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Models of corporate governance -- 3 Conclusion -- 3 Corporate governance in transitional economies -- 1 An overview of transitional economies -- 2 The Big Bang approach versus the Gradualist approach -- 3 Reasons for the different economic results -- 4 Corporate governance in Russia -- 5 Corporate governance in Central and Eastern European countries -- 6 Comparison of corporate governance in Russia and China -- 7 Conclusion -- 4 The Chinese perspective on corporate governance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The history of corporate governance in China -- 3 Chinese scholarship on corporate governance -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Chinese corporate governance problems encountered -- 1 Misconceptions about corporate governance -- 2 Problems of governance at the micro level -- 3 Problems of governance at the macro level -- 4 Results of lack of corporate governance -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 External determinants of corporate governance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The China Banking Regulatory Commission -- 3 The China Securities Regulatory Commission -- 4 Code of Corporate Governance -- 5 Business and informal networks -- 6 The role of the state and the Chinese Communist Party -- 7 Conclusion -- 7 Financial systems and economic growth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Measurement of the development of banking and finance -- 3 Bank based and market based financial systems -- 4 How financial systems impact on economic growth -- 5 Corporate governance and economic growth -- 6 Why aim for economic growth?.