Dr Damian Tobin
Lecturer in Chinese Business and Management
Email: Dt29@soas.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7898 4058
Room No: 533
Research Interests
- The history of industrial organisation and financial markets, and its application to China's shareholding system
- State enterprise reform in China with particular reference to the banking, oil and telecommunications sectors
- The historical evolution of corporate governance practices and financial market regulation
- Public sector growth and economic development
Publications in Refereed Journals
- "International listing as a means to mobilize the benefits of financial globalization: Micro-level evidence from China" with Laixiang Sun, forthcoming Word Development, 2008
- "International Best Practices, Domestic Constraints and International Listing: Evidence from China’s State Banking Sector" with Shikha Singh, forthcoming Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol. 6(4), October, 2008
- "From Maoist Self-Reliance to International Oil Consumer: A Resource-Based Appraisal of the Challenges Facing China’s Petrochemical Sector" forthcoming Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol. 6(4), October, 2008
- "Economic Liberalisation, the Changing Role of the State and Wagner's Law; China's Development Experience since 1978" World Development, Vol. 33(5), May 2005 pp.729-744.
- "International Listing as a Mechanism of Commitment to More Credible Corporate Governance Practices" (2005) with Prof. Laixiang Sun. Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 13(1) pp. 81-91.
- "Corporate Governance and the Challenges of Economic Transition: The Case of Shanghai Petrochemical Company" (2005) Asian Case Research Journal Volume 9 (1), June 2005, pp117-144.
Other Papers and Publications
- "Creating Order in the absence of Formal Regulations and Law: a Historical perspective on Corporate Governance and its lessons for Developing Economies" Paper for presentation as ESRC Seminar on the Political Economy of Corporate Governance, Queens University Belfast, 4th April 2008
- "Governance Theory: A Cross Disciplinary Approach" Vasudha Chhotray and Gerry Stoker, forthcoming – contributing author to chapter on Corporate Governance
- "Creating Order in the absence of Formal Regulations and Law: a Historical perspective on Corporate Governance and the Joint Stock Company" Paper presented at the Conference on Corporate Accountability, Limited Liability, and the Future of Globalisation, SOAS, 20th – 21st July 2007
- "Power to the People: Assessing Democracy in Ireland" Tasc – a Think Tank for Social Action and Change, New Island Publishing. Contributing author to sections on Corporations and Public Policy, and the Effectiveness of Corporate Governance Rules
- Inducement Mechanisms for Entrepreneurship in the State Sector: China’s Telecommunication Industry as an Illustrative Case" Workshop on Entrepreneurship at ISC Paris on the 11th June 2007
- "Capitalist Entrepreneurs or Bureaucrats left to their own Devises? The Role of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs and the Rapid Growth of China’s Telecom Sector" (2005). Discussion Paper with Professor Laixiang Sun, CeFiMS, University of London
- Corporate Governance Reform and International Listing: Case of the Bank of China (Hong Kong)" (2003) Discussion Paper with Professor Laixiang Sun, CeFiMS, University of London
Teaching
Academic Director, International Management for China, Distance Learning Programme
