by Chan Tsz Kit, Lee Wing Chun, Vincent. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES AND FIGUARES --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background and Features of GEM --- p.2 / Features of Small Cap Companies --- p.4 / Market Statistics --- p.5 / Number of IPO in the Market --- p.5 / IPO Fund Raised in the Market --- p.6 / IPO Fund Raised by Type --- p.7 / Business Nature of Listed Firms --- p.8 / Performance of GEM Market in Terms of GEI --- p.9 / GEM Corporate Governance --- p.10 / Two GEM Listing Rules Non-compliance Cases to Date --- p.10 / Other Controversy Issues of GEM --- p.11 / Selective wavier by tom.com --- p.11 / General relaxation of listing rules --- p.12 / Property acquisition by Timeless Software --- p.13 / Errors made by GEM companies --- p.13 / Excessive valuation --- p.14 / Quality of listed company --- p.15 / Undisclosed holdings of Panda-Recruit --- p.15 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.16 / Chapter III. --- DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.26 / Data Description --- p.27 / Chapter IV. --- EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE --- p.31 / Intraday and Weekly Stock Returns --- p.31 / Intraday Trading Volume --- p.36 / Discussing Conclusion for Quantitative Studies --- p.40 / Chapter V. --- QUALITATIVE STUDY OF GEM MARKET --- p.41 / Factors Contributed to the Prevailing Weak Sentiment on GEM --- p.41 / Blue-chip Backing --- p.41 / Mega-dollar Tech Deals Sent Tech Stocks to Higher Levels --- p.42 / Understanding on Issuer's Business is Key --- p.43 / Major Issues GEM Faces --- p.44 / Lack of Condemnation on the Listed Firms' Non-compliance --- p.44 / Attractiveness for Large Cap Issuers --- p.45 / Retail Investors Participation --- p.46 / PRC Second Board --- p.47 / Activities of Institutional Investors --- p.47 / GEI - A Good Proxy of GEM's Performance? --- p.48 / Discussing Conclusion for Qualitative Studies --- p.49 / BIBIOGRAPHY --- p.50

Ma Yue. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-36). / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Wong Yu-kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-77). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.8 / Chapter 3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.25 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data description --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data sources --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Methodology --- p.28 / Chapter 4 --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Results of correlations --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results of holding rates of returns- MAAMRORsubIPos --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3 --- The post-listing price performance of the IPO firms --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Regression results --- p.59 / Chapter 5 --- Discussion --- p.65 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.70 / References --- p.74 / Tables --- p.78 / Appendix --- p.99

by Chiu Mei-Yee, Pamela, Pong Kwok-Hung, Patrick. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 52). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEGEMENTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- OBJECTIVES --- p.3 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Chapter IV. --- THE SAMPLE --- p.9 / Chapter V. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.14 / The Market Model --- p.15 / Methods to Estimate the Excess Returns --- p.16 / Chapter VI. --- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS --- p.19 / Price Effects on Inclusion in HSI --- p.19 / Price Effects on Exclusion from HSI --- p.33 / Comparison between Inclusion and Exclusion --- p.41 / Chapter VII. --- IMPLICATIONS --- p.42 / Chapter VIII. --- CONCLUSION --- p.45 / APPENDIX --- p.47 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.52

by Lu Shanshan, Yu Xiang. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-48). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IPO PROCESS --- p.3 / REASONS FOR LISTING --- p.3 / SELECTION OF CAPITAL MARKET --- p.7 / GEM OR MAINBOARD --- p.14 / H SHARE OR RED CHIP OR ELSE --- p.18 / BASIC LISTING PROCEDURE --- p.20 / CONSIDERATIONS OF RESTRUCTURING --- p.24 / ROLE OF FINANCIAL ADVISORS --- p.26 / Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- DATA AND METHODOLOGY --- p.27 / RESEARCH PERIOD AND SOURCE --- p.27 / MEASURES AND FORMULAS --- p.27 / Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- UNDERPRICING ANALYSIS --- p.28 / LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.28 / MEASURES OF UNDERPRICING --- p.30 / RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS --- p.31 / CONCLUSION --- p.36 / Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- POST-IPO PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS --- p.37 / LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.37 / MEASURES OF POST-IPO PERFORMANCE --- p.39 / RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS --- p.40 / CONSTRAINTS OF RESEARCH --- p.43 / APPENDIX --- p.44 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.45

2005年10月，中國政府發布“國務院批轉證監會關於提高上市公司品質意見的通知“。它允許和建議上市公司探索利用股權補償，以激勵員工。由於中國股市和股權補償的歷史很短，以及對企業的激勵機制的重要性。我們研究和發現公司治理和採納該計劃的可能性之間的關係是混合的。而具有較高的營業利潤/資產比率和淨利潤/總資產比率的公司更可能採用股權補償。我們還發現，通過在企業層面測量累積異常收益率（CAR），股權補償的公佈有積極的市場反應。此外，如果最大的部分限制性股份或購股權授予僱員工會委員或在公司的核心員工，市場反應更是積極。 / In October 2005, the Chinese government released "Notice about the State Council of China approving China Securities Regulatory Commission to improve qualities of listed firms". It allows and suggests listed firms to explore the use of equity-based compensation in order to motivate employees. In this thesis, we find that the relationship between corporate governance and the likelihood of adopting the scheme is mixed. Firms with higher ratios of operating profits to assets and net profit to total assets are more likely to adopt equity-based compensation. We also discover positive market responses by measuring the cumulative abnormal return (CAR) to the announcement of equity-based compensation at the firm level. Moreover, if a larger portion of the restricted shares or options is granted to the groups of employees which are union committee members or core employees in the firm, the market response is much more positive and the CAR is larger in magnitude. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Ko, Ka Yin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-33). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Cover Page --- p.1 / Abstract --- p.2 / Chinese Version --- p.3 / Contents --- p.4 / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Basic idea of equity-based compensation --- p.7 / Chapter 3 --- Literature Review --- p.9 / Chapter 4 --- History and Development --- p.11 / Chapter 4.1. --- Equity-based compensation around the world --- p.11 / Chapter 4.2. --- Regulations of equity-based compensation in China --- p.12 / Chapter 5 --- Hypothesis --- p.13 / Chapter 6 --- Methodology --- p.16 / Chapter 6.1. --- Equity-based compensation in the company --- p.16 / Chapter 6.2. --- Ownership concentration and characteristics --- p.16 / Chapter 6.3. --- Legal framework --- p.17 / Chapter 6.4. --- Ownership Nature --- p.17 / Chapter 6.5. --- Board of directors’ characteristics --- p.17 / Chapter 6.6. --- Operating performance --- p.18 / Chapter 6.7. --- Industry sectors --- p.18 / Chapter 6.8. --- Equity-based compensation scheme characteristics --- p.19 / Chapter 6.9. --- Logistic model --- p.19 / Chapter 6.10. --- Event study approach --- p.21 / Chapter 7 --- Data --- p.24 / Chapter 7.1. --- Sources of Data --- p.24 / Chapter 7.2. --- Equity-based compensation and firm characteristics --- p.24 / Chapter 8 --- Empirical Results --- p.25 / Chapter 8.1. --- Factors that drive companies to implement equity-based compensation . --- p.26 / Chapter 8.1.1. --- Univariate test --- p.26 / Chapter 8.1.2. --- Logistic model --- p.26 / Chapter 8.2. --- Short-term market response --- p.27 / Chapter 8.2.1. --- Event study --- p.27 / Chapter 8.2.2. --- Univariate test --- p.28 / Chapter 8.2.3. --- Multivate OLS regressions --- p.29 / Chapter 9 --- Conclusions --- p.30 / References --- p.31 / Chapter Table 1 --- Number of equity-based compensation schemes announced by each firm in the sample period --- p.33 / Chapter Table 2 --- By year, number of firms with equity-based compensation schemes announcement in restricted share and option --- p.33 / Chapter Table 3 --- Sector distribution for equity-based compensation announced firms --- p.33 / Chapter Table 4 --- Share of restricted share or option in the equity-based compensation scheme by each group --- p.34 / Chapter Table 5 --- Descriptive statistics for firm characteristics --- p.35 / Chapter Table 6 --- Univariate test --- p.37 / Chapter Table 7 --- Logistic Model --- p.38 / Chapter Table 8 --- Cumulative abnormal returns for an event study of implementation of equity-based compensation announcements --- p.40 / Chapter Table 9 --- Abnormal returns for an event study of implementation of equity-based compensation announcements --- p.40 / Chapter Table 10 --- Descriptive statistics for firm characteristics and mean comparison of CAR between below median/ "0" group and above median/ " 1" group using t-test --- p.41 / Chapter Table 11 --- OLS regression --- p.43

by Wong Siu-Ming. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 77). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATION --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / PREFACE --- p.vii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Objectives --- p.1 / Methodology --- p.1 / Selection of stock exchange for case study --- p.2 / Selection of target company and share type for case study --- p.3 / Definitions of abbreviation --- p.4 / Contribution --- p.5 / Chapter II. --- Shenzhen Stock Exchange --- p.6 / History of the stock markets in China --- p.6 / Particulars of Shenzhen Stock Exchange --- p.7 / Profiles of the listing companies on the SZSE --- p.10 / Capital raised and Market capitalization --- p.10 / Distribution of share types on the SZSE --- p.13 / Distribution of listing companies in different sectors --- p.14 / Types of listing companies in China's stock market --- p.15 / Selection criteria of stock exchange for new issue --- p.15 / Chapter III. --- IPO of 'A share' stocks on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange --- p.17 / Basic qualifications for listing on the SZSE --- p.17 / Listing procedures --- p.19 / Method of listing --- p.21 / Professional advisors --- p.22 / Pre´ؤlisting restructuring of state-owned enterprises --- p.24 / Documents required for listing application --- p.25 / Prospectus for listing --- p.26 / Profit estimate in the IPO prospectus --- p.27 / Requirement for further issue of shares after listing --- p.27 / Problems faced by the regulatory bodies --- p.28 / Chapter IV. --- Particulars of Jiangxi Ganneng Company Limited --- p.29 / "History, development and reorganization" --- p.29 / Principal activities --- p.31 / Organization structure of the Company --- p.32 / Pre-listing restructuring of the Company --- p.32 / Ownership structure --- p.34 / Management hierarchy --- p.35 / Financial performance --- p.38 / Listing of the Company --- p.39 / Chapter V. --- IPO pricing of Jiangxi Ganneng Company Limited --- p.41 / IPO Pricing --- p.41 / Computation of the Company's IPO price --- p.42 / Chapter VI. --- IPO Pricing in China --- p.44 / Valuation of companies in China --- p.44 / IPO pricing in China --- p.44 / Restriction on the price-earnings ratio of new issue --- p.45 / Adjustment of the price-earnings ratio of new issue --- p.46 / Evaluation of the current IPO pricing method in China --- p.48 / Chapter VII. --- The post-listing return performance of unseasoned issues of 'A share' stocks in Shenzhen --- p.51 / Methodology --- p.51 / Data Analysis --- p.52 / Measure of central tendency of the sample's 8 rate of return --- p.53 / Distribution of the 8 rate of return --- p.56 / Industry effect on the post-IPO return performance --- p.57 / Size effect on the post´ؤIPO return performance --- p.60 / Chapter VIII. --- Future Prospects of IPO market in China --- p.62 / The state planning of the privatization of state-owned enterprises in China --- p.62 / Impact on IPO of state-owned enterprises after the restructuring of State Council --- p.66 / Chapter IX. --- Conclusions --- p.67 / APPENDIX --- p.72 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.77

Shi, Yang. / Thesis submitted in: November 2007. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-45). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background and Literature Review --- p.4 / Chapter 3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.10 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Description --- p.10 / Chapter 3.2 --- Methodology --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Univariate analysis --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Regression approach --- p.15 / Chapter 4 --- Result --- p.17 / Chapter 4.1 --- Univariate analysis --- p.17 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Output change --- p.18 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Profitability change --- p.19 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Efficiency change --- p.22 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Leverage change --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- Multivariate analysis --- p.25 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.28 / Tables 1-6 --- p.30 / Bibliography --- p.43

The thesis examined the differences between the Chinese market, a fast-growing emerging market, and that of the United States, a well-known developed market. In order to understand the overall performance of the Chinese stock market, the research compared the risk and returns characteristics of Chinese stock markets using the S & P 500 Index for the 2000-2005 period. Findings show that significant differences exist between the Chinese and the U.S. markets. The thesis also attempted to identify the characteristics of the Chinese markets that hinder their efficiency.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Government and Public Administration