Jenny Fu

Biography

Comparative corporate law and corporate governance The interaction between national economic models and models of corporate governance Sovereign investments Corporate governance in Chinese listed companies The system of management of state assets in government-owned or linked businesses in China and other countries such as Australia and Singapore Jenny has an in-depth understanding of the governance of Chinese SOEs through completing her PhD-in-Law in 2014 and her over 10 years of experience of working and researching in the field. In addition to her reportable publications, Jenny has presented over 10 papers on various aspects of Chinese corporate governance at a number of international and domestic conferences over the past a few years. Her research in the area has gained increasing attention from end users in more recent years. For example, she has been contacted by researchers from the Asian Development Bank, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Lowy Institute for assistance with their work in the field. She was invited to speak at several domestic and international conferences, including the Conference on Globalisation, The Crisis and Reinventing the State, held by Bond University in 2011, and two consecutive conferences on China-Australian investment relations held by UC and the APEC Research Centre in 2012 and 2013. She has received several invitations for book chapter contributions since completing her PhD. These include Routledge Handbook on Corporate Law (ed. by CI Tomasic, R), Rutledge, UK, (draft accepted by editor, 2016 forthcoming) and Resource Security and Corporate Governance: the Globalisation of China's Natural Resources Companies (eds. by Jia X and Tomasic, R) (Routledge, New York, 2016 forthcoming).

Research Interest

Areas of Research Interest Corporate law and corporate governance generally Governance of the Chinese SOEs Sovereign investment funds Asian (including Chinese) civil and commercial law Research Theories / Models of Interest Varieties of capitalism, particularly the interaction between national economic development models and corporate governance models Path dependence Stockholder v stakeholder approaches to corporate governance Research Methods of Interest Qualitative Empirical studies such as interviews Case study