performance in China. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employ a stochastic frontier approach (SFA) to measure bank …Purpose – As part of the banking reform, major commercial banks in China went through initial public offerings (IPOs … comprehensive data set of Chinese banks over 1999-2010, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of IPOs on bank …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of leasing decisions for a sample of China’s non …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the quality of financial reporting by banks in China, and the … in banking institutions. Findings – Profit hiding exists in the whole banking sector in China regardless of the ownership … methods of measuring bank efficiencies using accounting information reported by banking institutions. Originality/value – This …

sectors” in the special issue of “Banking and finance in China.” The purpose of this paper is to examine the trading behavior …

and earning assets. Practical implications Bank regulators and supervisors in China should consider establishing policies …

firms in China. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on quantitative methods such as dynamic panel data models … and a panel data set containing financial and accounting data for all listed property companies from 2006 to 2010 in China … have a positive and significant impact on the leverage ratio of listed property firms in China. The negative impact of the …

Purpose – Joint ventures remain the largest group of foreign‐invested enterprises in China. Given the high level of … and other types of organisations in China. Findings – Results show that training had a weak positive association with work … implications – This paper emphasises the work context in China when training expatriate candidates. Alternatively, individuals …