... and manag-
ers and detailed case studies of 14 enterprises in the towns of Jinhua
in Zhejiang province and Zhucheng in Shandong province; interviews
with enterpriseand government officials in ... in Beijing, Chongqing,
Chengdu in Sichuan province, Shunde in Guangdong province, and
other localities; and findings from surveys and research conducted by
Chinese academic and government institutions. ... limited and was hindered by the opposition of vested
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Corporate Governance
and Enterprise
Reformin China
Building the Institutions
of Modern Markets
World Bank and the International...
... rating agencies in the banking crisis 66
Quality of ratings 68
Prospects for reform of credit rating agencies 70
Conflicts of interest 71
Banking Crisis: reforming corporategovernanceand ... Banking Crisis: reforming corporategovernanceand pay in the City
2 Remuneration in the banking sector
Introduction
6. The banking crisis has propelled the issue of remuneration practices in ...
Banking Crisis: reforming corporategovernanceand pay in the City 1
Contents
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Summary 3
1 Introduction 6
2 Remuneration in the banking sector 8
Introduction 8
Salary levels in...
... their own
skills and experiences both of the industry inChina
and internationally.
Human resources issues facing the hotel and travel industry in China
Hanquin Qui Zhang and Ellen Wu
International ... Republic of China.
Keywords
Human resource management, Hotel and catering industry,
Tourism management, Education and training, China
Abstract
There are many human resource challenges facing China s ... managers and the
expectations gap between education and industry.
Second, China s travel agency sector is facing
Human resources issues facing the hotel and travel industry in China
Hanquin Qui...
... China s economic reforms. The population of India is today vastly poorer than that of
China. Rural-to-urban migration and urbanization in India are far less extensive and slower than
in China. ... Literacy and educational attainment in India trail far behind the progress in China.
India’s mortality rates remain much higher than China s. Though the sex ratio at birth is much
more distorted in ... distorted inChina than India, after the first couple of years of life, the status of daughters,
girls, and women in all age groups and by most measures is worse in India than in China. In all
these...
... Great
Britain and Ireland, as the intercommunication of knowledge and kindly feelings must
be the result, tending to the promotion of friendly intercourse, and to maintain peace,
so desirable ... thousandconsiderate and reflecting people, in the Union, who desire or
demand anything of the kind.
“The commercial and mercantile classes have not desired reform; ’ and the rural and
agricultural ... business of the country, but upon the intelligence,
knowledge, and the exercise of the friendly and social feelings; andin the opinion of
the undersigned, should be reduced to the lowest point...
... 1992 inChinaand find
that the height difference between urban and rural children has been increasing since
China s Reformand Opening Policy in 1978. Furthermore, Luo et al. (2009) examine ...
Popkin, B.M., Du, S., Zhai, F., Zhang, B., 2010. Cohort profile: the China Health and
Nutrition Survey monitoring and understanding socio-economic and health
change in China, 1989-2011. International ... Liaoning, and Shandong. In the first three waves (1989, 1991,
and 1993), Heilongjiang Province was not included. In the wave of 1997, Liaoning
Province was excluded. In each sampled province,...
... timing of levy increases across China, and is robust to
either time-invariant or province-invariant factors driving levy rates and dumping behavior. These
coefcients indicate that the marginal ... wastewater,
and the importance of increasing enforcement in China& apos;s industrial zones in the northern arid parts
of the country, which are also densely populated.
In Table 9, I examine how China& apos;s ... with
province and year xed effects that absorb province- or year-specic variation in levies, and the
standard errors are clustered at the province level. Since China& apos;s levy rates have been rising...
... integrating non-financial criteria (social, environmental and societal) in decisions
involving funds and portfolio management.
2.3.4 Sustainability investing
Sustainability investing( SI) ... CSR including : CorporateGovernance (CG) , links between CG and
CSR, and Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI).
3.2 Theoretical framework and measurement
3.2.1 Corporate governane
Corporate governance ... characteristics of business such as age and gender.
Moreover, including the three theoretical framework : corporate governance, links to
corporate governanceand Global Reporting Initiative may not...
... education targeting drug users.
China s
1998-2010 Strategic Plan included specific goals to expand programs targeting drug
users both in community settings andin detox and RTL centers. China s response ... being
forced to undergo HIV testing while in confinement and none reported being
told the result.
• Withholding or termination of HIV and drug dependency treatment to
detainees confined in ... research in Beijing and Guangxi province for
five weeks between July and August 2007. In addition to interviews with Chinese
government officials and individuals conducting services and outreach...
...
the OECD and the Basel Committee, have been influential in determining the shape
and evolution of corporate- governance standards in many advanced economies and
developing countries and, in particular, ... important corporategovernance scandals involved UK banks and
financial firms: British and Commonwealth Bank in 1990; the Bank of Credit and Commerce
International in 1992 to 1993; and the Barings ...
In recent years, UK corporategovernance has been greatly influenced by the
corporate and financial scandals in the United States, and by the broader framework
of reforms being undertaken in...
... these governance provisions in avoiding serious ac-
counting problems at companies, as manifested in a restatement of earnings.
This paper is a step in that direction.
We examine whether certain governance ... and economics
by examining the number of quarters restated and the percentage and dollar
value change between originally reported and newly restated earnings.
For each restating firm, we obtain ... overseeing the financial reporting of the firm. The board is responsible
for issues such as the hiring, compensation, and firing of the CEO and
overseeing the firm’s overall business strategy, including...
... butterflies, animals, insects and
even human beings. Some kites incorporated bamboo flutes and became
known as wind harps. In Northern China, skis made of wood were available
for hunting and recreation. ... The swing was originally used by northern tribes for agility. The
standard swing was introduced into central China between 770–476 BC,
and the rotating swing had appeared by 475–221 BC. During ... and gambling was involved.
During the Zhou period, the emperor ordered his leaders and commanders
to give instruction in military operations, and exercise soldiers in archery,
charioteering and...
... examined corporategovernancein the banking
industry in Spain. Crespí, García-Cestona, and Salas (2004) analyzed corporategovernancein
Spanish banks during the period 1986-2000. They examined ... borrowing from savings banks from
other provinces. This analysis may shed insight on lending practices, andin particular the risk
taking behavior, of savings banks expanding into new markets and ... on
investments and financial services, subsidized lending and geographic branching restrictions. In
this paper we consider an interesting natural experiment, relating liberalization and corporate...
... a UN
monitoring and reporting mechanism to collect information on violations against children in
armed conflict, including sexual violence. As part of the monitoring and reporting
mechanism, ... abuse, including sexual violence;
o Ensure that all soldiers of all ranks—including those recently integrated into
the army—receive regular, mandatory training on civilian protection, including ...
o Inform victims and their families about their rights and judicial proceedings,
offer counseling to adult and child victims through trained staff, and avoid re-
traumatizing or stigmatizing...