Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reason for Chinese local officials' enthusiasm towards cultivating newly listed firms within their jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach – With new initial public offering (IPO) firms on the Chinese A‐share market over 1999‐2003...

Wide employment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technology is of great importance to the sustainable development of China thanks to its contributions to climate change mitigation. Considering the fact that coal accounts for over 65% in the primary energy consumption mix of China, commensurate...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reason for Chinese local officials' enthusiasm towards cultivating newly listed firms within their jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach–With new initial public offering (IPO) firms on the Chinese A-share market over 1999-2003 as...

Summary The rapid economic development and transformation of the Chinese society over the past three decades has, by a large mass of analysts, been called a “Miracle”. This paper not only addresses the shortcomings of existing interpretations but also develops a new multi-dimensional...

This article introduces the analytical framework of quot;government competitionquot; which encompasses current models of Chinese local government like the quot;developmentalquot; or quot;entrepreneurial statequot; as special cases. The argument is based on a detailed empirical case study of...

The Chinese government first introduced principles of health-care development for the nation in 1952. During the next thirty years, life expectancy increased by ten years. This paper provides an introduction to health development and different phases of health-care reforms in China. The first...