On December 18, 2009, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court issued a ruling in favor of Baidu, Inc., a leading search engine provider in China, in an abuse of a dominant position case brought by Tangshan Renren Information Services Co., an operator of a medical information consulting...

This paper analyzes the transactions that led to the partial privatization of China's three largest banks in 2005-06. It suggests that these transactions were structured to allow for inter-organizational learning under conditions of uncertainty. For the involved foreign investors, participation...

Although the formal structure of corporate governance in China bears some of the universal attributes, such as separate legal personality of the company and limited liability of shareholders, in response to the typical agency problems, corporate governance in China possesses also several...

As financial institutions and policymakers worldwide are considering how to integrate sustainability considerations throughout financial systems, a critical question is whether banks can effectively assess and monitor borrowers' environmental credit risk. China's green credit reforms, part of...

Purpose: This paper seeks to review the effects of home regulatory institutions on outward FDI (OFDI) in the context of China and discuss the extent to which they can be extended to other emerging markets. We especially compare these empirical studies with theoretical discussions in each...

China has become the world's third largest outward investor, behind the United States and Japan. A growing body of literature suggests that China's regulatory framework for outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is a determinant of the country's rising OFDI. This paper presents a holistic...

There have been researches in Financial Inclusion in China; however, not much has been researched on Financial Inclusion indicators for foreigners in China. Base on the report of the 2014 Global Findex Database, the paper analyses the determinants of Financial Inclusion in China in general and...

To enter management deadlock is certainly a misfortune for a corporation, especially for a highly profitable one. Deadlock not only influences the daily operation of a business but will eventually cause great economic loss to it. Delaware corporate law provides several mechanisms including...

Many of the most well-known corporate scandals were associated to related party transactions such as Enron, Wordcom or Parmalat. However, transactions between entities and related parties must be adequately disclosed in the financial statements of the reporting entity. Although IAS 24 is...

Exploiting a legal regime change in China in 2005 that significantly increased auditors' legal liability, we reexamine why auditors are more likely to issue modified audit opinions (MAOs) to clients who receive negative press coverage before audit report dates. We find that the probability for...