This book is based on an empirical study of China’s leading resources and metals companies and seeks to examine the nature of corporate governance practices in these firms. In-dept interviews were conducted with leading officers in these top 100 Chinese listed companies as well as with leading...

This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between management practices and firm performance. We interviewed managers of 190 randomly selected manufacturing plants in the UK and matched their responses with official business microdata. We find that climate friendly management practices...

We analyze firms' decisions on their vertical organization, taking into account the characteristics of both the final good competition and the R&D process. We consider two vertical chains, where upstream sectors invest in R&D. Such investment determines the production costs of the downstream...