This paper examines the investment terms of SWFs in respect of control rights in investee firms. Having reviewed extensive evidence from the China Investment Corporation from 2007 to 2015, I show that this SWF takes significant equity in investees, but often in the form of non-controlling...

Venture capital is certainly important to a country in that it finances entrepreneurship and innovation. In recent years, secondary markets for private shares have emerged as an important node in the VC cycle by both facilitating interim liquidity for non-listed firms and providing external...

In an era of financial crises, widening income disparities, and environmental and other calamities linked to corporations, calls for greater corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) are increasing rapidly around the world. Though CSR efforts have generally been viewed as voluntary actions...

In recent years, the increasing cross-border investments by sovereign wealth funds have aroused high profile controversies, particularly over the strategic motives behind them and the potential control they could exert over target firms. Using a hand-collected dataset consisting of 51 M&As, 5...

Local government financing vehicles (“LGFVs”) — companies capitalized and owned by local government and established for the purpose of raising funds for municipal infrastructure construction — emerged in China in the 1980s as a response to the severe constraints on indebtedness by local...

The People's Republic of China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 10 December 2001. Its major commitments under the Protocol on Accession are trade-related. To meet them, systemic reforms in the areas of transparency, uniform application of laws and substantial...

Competition between State-owned Enterprises ('SOEs') and foreign companies has intensified as China has liberalised market access in order to fulfill its commitments for entry to the WTO. To help SOEs meet the challenge of increasing international competition, the Chinese government has adopted...

In many ways, China is the new frontier for entrepreneurship; perceived to be: a logical primary source of economical manufacturing, raw materials, component parts, and as a major end market. China may also represent the most likely future competition for many American industries as well as our...

What are a negotiator's ethical and moral obligations during a negotiation? Should a negotiator be dedicated to achieving the greatest value possible for his or her client even though that goal may appear to require some degree of deception? Does it make a difference whether a culture has a...

Legal transplants are broadly recognized as one of the main mechanisms for how donor states influence the legal development of recipient states. The experience of China, however, challenges convention. While, in recent years, China has been one of the largest capital-exporting countries in the...