After decades of declining profitability, China's industrial state-owned enterprises appear to be obsolete. This book utilizes extensive data and qualitative as well as quantitative analyses to examine the reasons for the decline in the profitability of these industrial state-owned enterprises,...

China has recently entered a significant stage in its economic transition with the introduction of a new and seemingly sophisticated bankruptcy law drawing inspiration from mature insolvency systems. However, this new law is likely to face significant challenges within its implementation due to...

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter One: Driven by Debt: Bankruptcy and Financial Failure in American Families - Katherine Porter -- Part I: The Debtor Next Door -- Chapter Two: A Vulnerable Middle Class: Bankruptcy and Class Status - Elizabeth Warren and Deborah Thorne -- Chapter Three: Out of...

Cover -- DERAILED by Bankruptcy -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Important Names -- Introduction -- 1 The Age of Innocence -- 2 The Gathering Storm -- 3 A Time of Waiting -- 4 The Beginning -- 5 The Plot Thickens -- 6 Fear and...