Corporate Systems in Emerging Market Economies

A Comparison of China and Eastern Europe
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-98354-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

This book provides a comparative perspective of various areas of corporate management in two post-socialist regions: China and Eastern Europe.

The book employs original firm-level empirical analyses and meta-analyses of the extant literature to investigate the impacts of corporate ownership on firm performance and organizational behaviour; internal organization through the lens of the corporate board; and the interrelationship between firms and gender, labour relations, and society. In comparing China and Eastern Europe, the book addresses whether corporate governance structures have evolved due to global pressures from competition and technological progress, or if inter-regional differences reflect how firms were privatized or handed over to managers after the end of central planning.

This book will appeal to researchers and post-graduate students interested in comparative economics, economic system transition, and comparative corporate systems.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iwasaki, Ichiro

Mizobata, Satoshi

Ma, Xinxin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of online appendixes
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I. Corporate Ownership and Firm Behaviour: A Meta-Analytic Approach

1. Ownership Structure and Firm Performance
2. Corporate Owndership and Managerial Turnover

Part II. Internal Organization: Through the lens of the Corporate Board

3. Structure of Corporate Boards and its determinants
4. Board Generational Diversity

Part III. Gender and Firms

5. Gender Diversity of Corporate Officers
6. Women's Social Empowerment and its Impact on Board Structures

Part IV. Labor Relations

7. The Wage Function: A Meta-Analytic Comparison
8. Trade Unions: Does Union Membership ensure a Wage Premium?

Part V. Society and Firms

9. Corporate Social Responsibility
10. Corporate Crime

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ichiro Iwasaki is a specially appointed professor at the Department of Law, Economics and Management of Okinawa University in Okinawa and a research fellow of the Institute of Economic Research of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. He specializes in corporate finance and comparative economics. He has authored nearly 250 publications in scholarly books and international journals.

Xinxin Ma is a professor in the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan. Her areas of expertise include labor economics, transition economies, comparative economics, and the Chinese economy. She has published over 200 scholarly works, including books and journal articles in English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Satoshi Mizobata is an emeritus professor and a specially appointed professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. His research focuses on corporate governance, comparative economics, and emerging market economies. He has published nearly 200 scholarly books and journal articles.