Changing Corporate Governance Practices in China and Japan: Adaptations of Anglo-American Practices

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Two Models of Corporate Governance and the Institutional Reform of Chinese Enterprise....Pages 15-28
How to Prevent China’s Listed Companies from Making Misstatements....Pages 29-51
Issues in the Protection of Minority Shareholders’ Rights and Interests under China’s Company Law....Pages 52-62
An Economic Perspective on Recent Corporate Governance Developments in China with Comments on Chapters by Yang, Gu and Wang....Pages 63-86
The “Grabbing Hand” and Corporate Governance in China....Pages 87-112
Corporate Governance Practices in Post-Bubble Japan: Adapting to the Globalizing Economies of the Twenty-First Century....Pages 113-152
Understanding the M&A Wave in Japan: What Drives Japanese M&As?....Pages 153-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Strange Role of Independent Directors in a Two-Tier Board Structure in China’s Listed Companies....Pages 185-205
Low Structure, High Ambiguity: Selective Adaptation of International Norms of Corporate Governance Mechanisms in China....Pages 206-234
Selective Adaptation of Anglo-American Corporate Governance Practices in Japan....Pages 235-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-290