Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the response in the UK, the USA and China to the need to provide effective protection in law to disgruntled minority shareholders. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws upon official comment and case law across the three jurisdictions...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the mainstream theories of corporate governance in an attempt to suggest that their underlying assumptions and ideologies are misplaced and ought to give way to an emerging pluralistic view of the governing process in order to understand any governance...

Purpose – The paper aims to look at the growth of private equity and to consider the concerns that the public and media have raised, as well as the response to these concerns. Design/methodology/approach – This article is an opinion piece based on current and recent trends. Findings – It...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to trace the history of the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) among enterprises in China. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws upon the comparative and international influences on the development of reform and expectations in...

Purpose – China has hitherto followed the US model of corporate governance, but recent crises suggest that that might not be the model to follow. This paper aims to consider that proposition. Design/methodology/approach – This is a comparative study of US and Chinese systems of corporate...

Purpose – The supervisory system of modern Chinese companies has basically adopted the supervisory board system of countries of continental law system. Certain disadvantages, however, exist in the system and the purpose of this paper is to identify those disadvantages and suggest changes....

Purpose – This paper aims to comment upon the governance systems of state‐owned enterprises in Shanghai and to consider the adequacy or otherwise of those governance structures. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a study of existing governance arrangements and structures and...

Purpose – The anti‐monopoly law (AML) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which had undergone ten years of debate among the whole spectrum of China's society, was finally issued on August 30, 2007 and took effect on August 1, 2008. This paper seeks to assess the impact of these new...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the extent of adequacy and confidence that can be enjoyed by minority shareholders in the supervisory controls on Boards in listed companies in China. Design/methodology/approach – This study draws upon the legislative controls and case‐studies in...

Purpose –This paper seeks to assess the extent to which China has both encouraged and achieved growth through foreign investment. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides an examination of the incentives developed and deployed and seeks to assess evidence of their performance....