Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses
Book Chapter
Gao, S., Oreal, S., & Zhang, J. (2018)
Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses. In Global Business Expansion: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, (917-931). USA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5481-3.ch041
This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using...
A preliminary study of barriers to bank financing of ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in the UK.
Journal Article
Zhang, J. (2015)
A preliminary study of barriers to bank financing of ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in the UK. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 105-110. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2015.37018
Ethnic minority entrepreneurship has been a growing research interest, however, little has been
known about financial barriers to start up and run a business venture from the ...
The Motivation and Effectiveness of Adopting EVA® in China’s Central Government-Owned Enterprises
Conference Proceeding
Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. (2015)
The Motivation and Effectiveness of Adopting EVA® in China’s Central Government-Owned Enterprises. In Proceedings of World Business Research Conference
China’s central government-owned enterprises (CGOEs) were required to implement Economic Value Added (EVA®) in 2010 as a part of introducing innovative performance evaluation ...
Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Oreal, S., & Zhang, J. (2014)
Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses. International journal of risk and contingency management, 3(2), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijrcm.2014040103
This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using...
Risk management capability building in SMEs: a social capital perspective
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Sung, M. C., & Zhang, J. (2012)
Risk management capability building in SMEs: a social capital perspective. International Small Business Journal, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242611431094
This article addresses the under-researched issue of risk management (RM) and risk management capability building in small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs). It draws upon th...
Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies
Journal Article
Zhang, T., Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. J. (2007)
Corporate environmental reporting on the web-an exploratory study of Chinese listed companies. Issues in Social & Environmental Accounting, 1, 91-108
While the literature has given a considerable attention to internet financial reporting, limitedstudies mainly from developed economies have emerged to explain and predict cor...
Social accountability and audit in UK hospitals – an investigation of stakeholder perceptions.
Journal Article
Zhang, J. (2007)
Social accountability and audit in UK hospitals – an investigation of stakeholder perceptions. Journal of finance & management in public services. 6, 57-78. ISSN 1475-1283
Social audit consists of a systematic assessment of the performance of a given organisation in meeting its declared social, community or environmental objectives through a dia...
Stakeholder engagement, social auditing and corporate sustainability.
Journal Article
Gao, S. S. & Zhang, J. (2006)
Stakeholder engagement, social auditing and corporate sustainability. Business Process Management Journal. 12, 722-740. doi:10.1108/14637150610710891. ISSN 1463-7154
Purpose – To identify the applicability of social auditing as an approach of engaging stakeholders in assessing and reporting on corporate sustainability and its performance. ...
Long-term care for the aged: critical issues and challenges to China’s sustainable development.
Journal Article
Zhang, J. (2006)
Long-term care for the aged: critical issues and challenges to China’s sustainable development. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2, 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2006.009080
How to finance Long-term Care (LTC) has become a major policy issue in China. The provision of LTC finance is vital to sustain China's long-term economic development as the ag...
A comparative study of stakeholder-oriented social audit models and reports.
Book
Zhang, J., Fraser, I., & Hill, W. Y. (2002)
A comparative study of stakeholder-oriented social audit models and reports. In J. Andriof, S. Waddock, B. Husted, & S. Rahman (Eds.), Unfolding stakeholder thinking 2: relationships, communication, reporting and performance, 244-266. Greenleaf Publishing