State on Board!

As a regular provider of corporate governance support in Vietnam, I am heartened to see this very good review of SOEs in Vietnam. The authors are to be complimented on their efforts.-Ms. Anne Molyneux, Director of CS International, Vice Chair of the International Corporate Governance NetworkA timely discussion about corporate governance of state-owned companies with mixed ownership in Vietnam. The book offers a good theoretical lens to understand the state shareholder as well as empirical evidence of the impact of state ownership. The book is a good read for both academic and practitioner audience. -Mr. Vu Bang, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Chairman of Council of Vietnam Corporate Governance Initiative, Former Chairman of the State Securities Commission of VietnamResearch in this book focuses on the strategic behaviour of the State as a shareholder in businesses, and the implications it has for the other shareholder(s) and business performance. It investigates the institutional characteristics of State-invested and State-owned firms (SIEs & SOEs), in emerging markets using Vietnam as a case study with comparative analysis on China and selected ASEAN countries.Nga Pham is a research fellow at the Monash Centre for Financial Studies, Monash University, Australia. She is also a member of the Disclosure and Transparency Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network. Before joining Monash University, Nga was the Dean of the Faculty of Management and Tourism and the Executive Director of La Trobe programs at Hanoi University. She was also a consultant to the International Finance Corporation (the World Bank Group) in corporate governance. She is a CFA Charterholder. Kok-Boon Oh has over 40 years of industry experience in corporate finance, international business and academia in the Asia-Pacific Region. He held senior management positions in US and Asian multinational corporations. Kok-Boon has taught at La Trobe Business School. He has co-authored 11 reference books, and over 70 refereed international conference papers and journal articles.