This text examines corporate governance in city commercial banks, which are the main source of loans to the dynamic small and medium enterprises that are crucial to the development of China's economy. By the end of 2008, there were 136 city commercial banks in China, 13 of which had foreign partners, and this book clearly demonstrates the positive effect of these foreign partnerships on corporate governance practices, in addition to financial performance.
This text examines corporate governance in city commercial banks, which are the main source of loans to the dynamic small and medium enterprises that ...
This book takes the unique housing typology of the Shanghai alleyway house and discusses its role in Shanghai life. Gregory Bracken examines the architecture and history of the alleyway house, its part in the city's cultural and social development, it's portrayal in Chinese film and literature and the future of this unique urban dwelling as Shanghai's rapid redevelopment threatens to destroy the alleyway house, and therefore a slice of Chinese architectural and cultural history, altogether.
This book takes the unique housing typology of the Shanghai alleyway house and discusses its role in Shanghai life. Gregory Bracken examines the ar...
The modern Chinese state has traditionally affected every major aspect of domestic society. With the growing liberalization of the economy, coupled with increasingly complex social issues, there is a belief that the state is retreating from an array of social problems from health to the environment. Yet, a survey of China's contemporary political landscape today reveals not only a central state which plays an active role in managing social problems, but also new state actors at the local level which are increasingly seeking to partner with various non-governmental organizations or social...
The modern Chinese state has traditionally affected every major aspect of domestic society. With the growing liberalization of the economy, coupled...
This book examines contemporary rural development in China from a historical perspective and contends that the economic resilience has had much to do with the rural economy, weaving together the methods of historical comparison, multilevel analysis and case study. It examines the recent transformation of Chinese agriculture and rural industry, along with related issues such as labor migration and urbanization. In addition, it is built on the author's years of field research in Wujin county in Jiangsu province and Aohan county in eastern Inner Mongolia.
This book examines contemporary rural development in China from a historical perspective and contends that the economic resilience has had much to ...
China's rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and organizations throughout the world. Ethnic Chinese have done very well economically, and the role of the Chinese Diaspora in China's economic success has created a myth that their relations with China is natural and primordial, and that regardless of their base outside China and generation of migration, the Chinese Diaspora are inclined to participate enthusiastically in China's social and economic agendas. This book seeks to dispel such a myth....
China's rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and org...
The pace of reform for China's enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evolving context of difficult social and welfare changes, and the realities of increasing global competition. This book explores these challenges from the perspective of the enterprise. It includes discussion of current and likely future overall trends, reports on new research findings on the true extent of governance and accounting reforms within enterprises, and considers the impact of increasing global competition on strategy, business...
The pace of reform for China's enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evol...
China's recent economic reforms have fuelled impressive growth & an unprecedented enthusiasm for foreign investment in the country. This study reflects on the institutional changes & what they mean both for business in the world's third largest economy, & for the Chinese people.
China's recent economic reforms have fuelled impressive growth & an unprecedented enthusiasm for foreign investment in the country. This study reflect...
This title explores the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management. Issues covered include: how HR evolved in Chinese companies; the internationalization of Chinese business; recruitment; performance appraisal; strategic integration and employee relations.
This title explores the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management. Issues covered incl...
SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high fatality rate and sheer speed at which this disease spread prompted the World Health Organization to initiate a medieval practice of quarantine in the absence of any scientific knowledge of the disease. Now three years on from the initital outbreak, SARS poses no major threat and has vanished from...
SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese villa...
The Sinophone framework emphasises the diversity of Chinese-speaking communities and cultures, and seeks to move beyond a binary model of China and the West. Indeed, this strikingly resembles attempts within the queer studies movement to challenge the dimorphisms of sex and gender.
Bringing together two areas of study that tend to be marginalised within their home disciplines" Queer Sinophone Cultures" innovatively advances both Sinophone studies and queer studies. It not only examines film and literature from Mainland China but expands its scope to encompass the underrepresented...
The Sinophone framework emphasises the diversity of Chinese-speaking communities and cultures, and seeks to move beyond a binary model of China and...
