This study reviews family business in mainland China from 1872 to 1949 and provides evidence of its early development and its origins in 1872 when the first modern manufacturing firm was founded. We analyse the social, economic, and political environment in which family firms in mainland China...

When the financial performance of nonprofit organizations is poor — more specifically, the ratio of reported program expense to total expense is low, managers of these organizations are found to misreport expenses in order to boost the ratio. This study examines whether three factors — the...

We investigate how foreign involvement in the ownership of privately held entrepreneurial firms affects pollution fees levied by national and provincial governments in China (environmental levies). Because provincial governments have considerable control over environmental policies, differences...