Chinese Management Studies: Volume 7 Issue 4

Guest Editor foreword

Yuanhui Li

The papers in this issue make a significant original contribution which will result in the better understanding of Chinese corporate finance management challenges from both…

Towards a theory of social responsibility reporting: Empirical analysis of 613 CSR reports by listed corporations in China

Yuanhui Li, Jie Zhang, Check-Teck Foo

Here, the paper aims to model major corporate characteristics associated with corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting (in particular, its quality). Corporations in China…

Organizational structure and corporate performance: insights from 6,065 listed corporations

Song Zhu, Hao Jiao

Due to the great distinctions for the legal environments, institutions and taxations, the restrictive external financing and costly financing cost, and great influence of…

Ultimate ownership, institutionality, and capital structure: Empirical analyses of Chinese data

Kun Su, Rui Wan, Bin Li

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and examine the effects of ultimate ownership, institutionality and their interactions on capital structure in a unified framework…

R&D-based earnings management, accounting performance and market return: Evidence from national-recognized enterprise technology centers in China

Xindong Zhang, Yanan He

The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical support for managers and investors and help them to identify corporate investment decisions on research and development (R&D…

Impact of media on stock returns: an in-depth empirical study in China

Yahui Zhang, Difang Wan, Leiming Fu

Media-effect refers to the phenomenon that stocks with no or low media coverage earn higher returns than stocks with high coverage. This paper aims to explore the existence of…

Optimal capital structure: case of SOE versus private listed corporation

Wang Zhengwei

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether corporate ownership affects corporate capital structure. This study also seeks to find out whether there is difference in dynamics…

Corporate accidents, media coverage, and stock market responses: Empirical study of the Chinese listed firms

Jiuchang Wei, Han Wang, Jin Fan, Yujuan Zhang

– This study aims to explore the mutual relation of corporate accidents, stock market responses, and media coverage.

Institutional logics and corporate finance in China

Kunyuan Qiao

The paper aims to identify the relationship between institutional logics and corporate finance in the context of China. It models the institutional logics and outlines why and how…

A currency tale of two cities: Hong Kong (China), Singapore and the British pound

Check Teck Foo