The emerging role of the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) in global governance
in the twenty-first cen-tury has become increasingly prominent with the PRC's sprawling Belt …

Ownership is the touchstone of corporate governance analysis' and a central strand of
literature on theory of the firm. 2 The identity of a corporation's equity owners has enormous …

China's rise as an economic superpower has caused growing anxieties in the West. Europe
is now applying stricter scrutiny over takeovers by Chinese state-owned giants, while the …

When New Orleans' levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, devastation, both human and
economic, swept the city. And then came the lawyers. In mass contract litigation by …

Integrating agency and institutional perspectives, we describe how China's socio-political
institutions create state-owned corporate empires with unique agency conflicts. We develop …

Studies of foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions typically assume that decision makers
and stakeholders act rationally. Drawing on studies conducted at the individual level, this …

The latest debate about Chinese state owned enterprises (SOEs) revolves around whether
there is a positive association between ownership and control, or whether all firms in China …

Technological advancements are playing a transformative role in curtailing the need for
labor. These very same forces are catapulting capital in the form of robotics, machinery, and …

This article examines how Chinese National Oil Companies (NOCs) make location
decisions regarding investments in overseas oil and gas. We argue that these location …

In recent years, China, the US, and the EU and its Member States have either promulgated
new national laws and regulations or drastically revised existing ones to exert more rigorous …