The Governance of East Asian Corporations

This book examines government/regulatory responses to the Asian Financial Crisis which brought unprecedented financial turmoil for most East Asian countries. It provides thought-provoking insights on fundamental differences in the institutional and regulatory framework of 10 East Asian countries, including an assessment of the various corporate governance reforms after the crisis.

Autorentext
EDMUND T. GOMEZ University of Malaya, Malaya HUONG N. HIGGINS Worcester Polytechnic Institute, UK FRANCIS C. KIM City University of New York, USA CHEN-EN KO National Taiwan University, Taiwan STEPHEN G. LYNN City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong YUEN-TEEN MAK National University of Singapore, Singapore DEUNDEN NIKOMBORIRAK Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand ASHEQ R. RAHMAN Nanyang Technological University, Singapore VANESSA SCOTT Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong ETTY R. WULANDARI Nanyang Technological University, Singapore YIN-HUA YEH Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan WEI-GUO ZHANG China Securites Regulatory Commission, China

Inhalt
Introduction and Overview; F.A.Gul & J.S.L.Tsui Shareholding Structures, Related Party Transactions and Corporate Governance in China; W-G.Zhang Governance in Family-Owned Hong Kong Corporations; J.S.L.Tsui & V.Scott Political Patronage, Cross-Holdings and Corporate Governance in Indonesia; E.R.Wulandari & A.R.Rahman Corporate Governance in Japan: Role of Banks, Keiretsus and Japanese Traditions; H.N.Higgins Paradoxes of Governance: Ownership and Control of Corporate Malaysia; E.T.Gomez Corporate Governance in the Philippines: Legal and Institutional Aspects and Impact on the 1997 Financial Crisis and its Aftermath; S.G.Lynn Corporate Governance in Singapore: Past, Present and Future; Y-T.Mak Chaebols and Corporate Governance in South Korea; F.C.Kim Relationship-Based Systems and Corporate Governance Reform in Taiwan; C-E.Ko & Y-H.Yeh Problems of Corporate Governance Reform in Thailand; D.Nikomborirak