The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India

by Yi-chong, Xu

• ISBN13: 9780230360747
• ISBN10: 0230360742
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-30
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Focused on unique features of economic development, this edited volume examines the nature and structure of corporate governance of several key state-owned enterprises in China and public sector units in India in five strategic sectors: oil and natural gas, steel, coal, electricity generation, and banking industries.

Author Biography

XU YI-CHONG is Research Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. Xu is the author of Powering China: Reforming the Electric Power Industry in China (2002); Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia: The World Bank Template and the Politics of Power (2004) and The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China (2010). With Patrick Weller she co-authored The Governance of World Trade: International Civil Servants and the GATT/WTO and Inside the World Bank (2009). Xu also co-edited The Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds (2010, with Gawdat Bahgat) and edited Nuclear Energy Developments in Asia (2010).

Table of Contents

The Political Economy of State-Owned Enterprises; X.Yi-Chong
The Shenhua Group – a Giant Made in a Decade; J.Zhao & X.Yi-Chong

Coal India Limited – the Last One Standing; X.Yi-Chong
China's Oil Industry: 'Corporate Governance with Chinese Characteristics'; M.Taylor
Old Jewels in New Boxes? India's Major Public Sector Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Enterprises; S.De
The State Grid Corporation of China; X.Yi-Chong
National Thermal Power Corporation: Power in Public Enterprises; S.Narayan

The Baosteel Group: a National Champion Amongst National Champions; J.D.Wilson
SAIL: Sailing or Stumbling?; A.Palit
A State Enterprise in China's Capitalist Transformation: the Bank of China; L.Liew
State Bank of India: the Opportunities and Challenges of being a State-owned Bank in India; R.Chakrabarti