Many Hong Kong companies, including listed companies, are controlled by a small group of shareholders with family ties. The inadequacy of the law has made it possible for controlling shareholders to expropriate corporate assets by using complex corporate structures to the detriment of minority...

Recently, scholars have attempted to apply the capabilities approach, as advanced by Amartya Sen, to the realm of labour. They argue that it provides a philosophical justification for a 'development' approach to labour regulation, supports the design of policies that promote workers' wellbeing...

The Anglo American economic model, together with its corporate governance practices, is frequently regarded as the optimal instrument for achieving competitiveness and enhancing investor confidence, even by countries which do not share the culture and tradition from which it originated. Its...