Jane Nolan is an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour in the School of Business at the University of Nottingham

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• 1. Introduction: Western bankers in China. 2. Understanding institutional and organisations change in Chinese contexts. 3. The variety of business systems in China's banking sector. 4. Western economic ideas and the historical development of Chinese banks. 5. Regulating the banking sector: conflict and control in enforcement regimes. 6. Western investors and corporate governance reforms in Chinese banks. 7. Networking strategies of Western bankers: power, opportunism and guanxi connections. 8. The 2008 financial crisis and trust between Chinese and Western bankers. 9. Conclusions and implications

Jane Nolan is an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour in the School of Business at the University of Nottingham

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• 1. Introduction: Western bankers in China. 2. Understanding institutional and organisations change in Chinese contexts. 3. The variety of business systems in China's banking sector. 4. Western economic ideas and the historical development of Chinese banks. 5. Regulating the banking sector: conflict and control in enforcement regimes. 6. Western investors and corporate governance reforms in Chinese banks. 7. Networking strategies of Western bankers: power, opportunism and guanxi connections. 8. The 2008 financial crisis and trust between Chinese and Western bankers. 9. Conclusions and implications