Since the early 1990s, introduction<np pagenum="084"/> of the VAT has had a positive impact on resources mobilization in developing countries. It has also been a vehicle to implement major tax administration reforms. While VAT performance is still below the potential in many countries, enhancing tax administration...

In this paper, the authors address three recent organizational crises that have occurred in China; the SK-II cosmetic incident, the Sharon Stone comment on the May 2008 earthquake in China, and the melamine milk contamination crisis. Each held significant notoriety due to the crises involving...