Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM) is the official journal of the Asia Academy of Management, a regional affiliate of the Academy of Management. APJM would like to announce its first issue of 2011. It is a new special issue on corporate governance in Asia Pacific: Special Issue: Managing corporate governance globally: An Asia Pacific perspective Special Issue Editors: Steven Globerman, Mike W. Peng and Daniel M. Shapiro Please see www.springer.com/10490 or your library website for access to these articles and other select content. The table of contents of the current APJM special issue on corporate governance appear below in this email. Regards, --David Ahlstrom Editor-in-Chief -- Asia Pacific Journal of Management Asia Pacific Journal of Management Volume 28 Number 1 March 2011 Special Issue: Managing corporate governance globally: An Asia Pacific perspective Special Issue Editors: Steven Globerman, Mike W. Peng and Daniel M. Shapiro EDITORIAL Corporate governance and Asian companies S. Globerman I M.W. Peng I D.M. Shapiro 1 PERSPECTIVES Are family ownership and control in large firms good, bad, or irrelevant? Y. Jiang I M.W. Peng 15 REGULAR PAPERS The role of informal institutions in corporate governance: Brazil, Russia, India, and China compared S. Estrin I M. Prevezer 41 Multiple agency perspective, family control, and private information abuse in an emerging economy I. Filatotchev I X. Zhang I J. Piesse 69 The effects of ownership concentration and corporate debt on corporate divestitures in Chinese listed firms J. Wu I D. Xu I P.H. Phan 95 Are OECD-prescribed "good corporate governance practices" really good in an emerging economy? V.Z. Chen I J. Li I D.M. Shapiro 115 Effects of governance on investment decisions and perceptions of reporting credibility: Investment experience of Taiwanese individual investors R.-D. Chang I J.-T. Wei 139 Governance and capabilities: Asia's entrepreneurial performance and stock of venture forms M. Wielemaker I E. Gedajlovic 157 REVIEWS Adoption and policy implications of Japan's new corporate governance practices after the reform M. Nakamura 187 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.