Publications

Selected Publications in Recent Years:

Harper Ho, Virginia. "Beyond Transplant: A Network Innovation Model of Transnational Regulatory Change," American Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming 2023).
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Climate Risk Disclosure Line-Drawing & Securities Regulation," UC Davis Law Review (forthcoming).
Zhao, Zaozao, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "The Double Connotation of Budgetary Performance Management in China - Innovation, Development and Reflection on the Localization of Performance Budget Theory," (中国预算绩效管理的双重内涵 - 绩效预算理论“中国化”的创新、发展与反思). Cai Zheng Yan Jiu (Finance Research财政研究), no. 2 (2023): 32-42.
Harper Ho, Virginia. “Modernizing ESG Disclosure,” 2022 Illinois Law Review 277 (2022).
Harper Ho, Virginia. The Limits of Enlightened Shareholder Activism," International Journal of Financial Services [Revues Internationale de Services Financiers] 37 (2022).
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, Andrew Chi-lok Yuen, Wanyang Hu, David Chun-wai Man, and Tiffany Wing-yin Ng. Report for Vision for Fashion 2047: Recommended Multi-Sectoral Actions to Establish a Fashion District in Sham Shui Po. Report for the Textile Council of Hong Kong and LAWSGROUP, December 2022.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "Performance Budgeting Reform in the U.S.: An Unfinished Journey." In Public Sector Reform and Performance Management in Developed Economies: Outcomes-Based Approaches in Practice (1st ed.), edited by Zahirul Hoque, 319-337. New York: Routledge, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003004080
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Michael Wu. "Analyzing Citizen-Centered Collaborative Management – the ‘Who’ and the ‘How’." In Citizenship and Ethics: From the Neighborhood to the City, Country to the World, edited by Thomas Bryer, 29-40. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
de Jong, Maarten, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. Emerging Fiscal Health and Governance Concerns Resulting from COVID-19 Challenges. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management 33, no. 1 (2021): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-07-2020-0137
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Disclosure Overload? Lessons for Risk Disclosure & ESG Reporting Reform From the Regulation S-K Concept Release," 65 Villanova Law Review 67 (2020). Reprinted in 2021 Securities Law Review § 2:4, Donald C. Langevoort, ed. (a yearly anthology of leading articles in securities law)
Weng, Shi-Hong, Anna Ya Ni, Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, and Ruo-Xi Zhong. "Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic -- A Tale of Two Cities," American Review of Public Administration, 50, no. 6-7 (2020): 497-504. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074020941687
de Jong, Maarten, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Lessons about Integrating Performance with Budgeting in High-Income Countries: An Evolving Exercise." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 110-130. New York: Routledge, 2019.
de Jong, Maarten, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Tools of Performance Budgeting: Applying the Lessons Learned." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 296-312. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Non-financial Reporting & Corporate Governance: Explaining American Divergence and Its Implications for Disclosure Reform," 10(2) Journal of Accounting, Economics & Law: A Convivium 1 (2019)
Harper Ho, Virginia and Stephen Kim Park. "ESG Disclosure: Optimizing Private Ordering in Public Reporting," 41 University of Pennsylvania International Law Journal 249 (2019) (with Stephen Park)
Harper Ho, Virginia. "From Public Policy to Materiality: Non-Financial Reporting, Shareholder Engagement, & the Rule 14a-8 Ordinary Business Exception," 76 Washington & Lee Law Review 1231 (2019)
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "Six Theoretical Perspectives on Performance Budgeting Reform." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 13-27, New York: Routledge, 2019.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "Performance Budgeting in the U.S.: A Long History of Institutional Change." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 53-70. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Maarten de Jong. "Rethinking Performance Budgeting: Presumed Dead or Alive and Well?" In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 3-12. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Maarten de Jong. "Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: RightSizing he Reform." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 266-276. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Maarten de Jong. "From Practice to Theory: The Future of Performance Budgeting Research." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 279-295. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "From Performance Budgeting to Performance Budget Management: An Analysis based on Theories and Practice," (in Chinese: 从绩效预算到绩效预算管理：基于理论与实践的分析). Journal of Jiangsu Normal University （江苏师范大学学报） 45, no. 3 (2019): 64-72.
Guo, Hai David, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Support for Contracting-Out and Public Private Partnership: Exploring Citizens’ Perspectives," Public Management Review 21, no. 5 (2019): 629-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2018.1487576
Tang, Tian, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "A Path-Dependence Perspective on the Adoption of Internet of Things: Evidence from Early Adopters of Smart and Connected Sensors in the United States," Government Information Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2019): 321-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.09.010
Zhao, Zaozao, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Performance Budgeting Reform of a Chinese City: The Roles of External Pressure and Leadership." In Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices, edited by Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Maarten de Jong, and Zaozao Zhao, 199-210. New York: Routledge, 2019.
Zaozao Zhao, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "The New Development of Performance Budgeting Theory and its Inspirations," (in Chinese: 绩效预算理论新发展与启示). Chinese Public Administration (中国行政管理, a Chinese SSCI-journal) 405，no.3 (2019): 118-125.
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Sustainable Finance & China’s Green Credit Reforms: A Test Case for Bank Monitoring of Environmental Risk," 51 Cornell International Law Journal 609 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1111/ablj.12123
Cho, Wonhyuk, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Does Neighborhood Crime Matter? A Large-Scale Survey Study on Race, Victimization, and Safety Perception," International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 55 (2018): 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2018.08.002
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Nonfinancial Disclosure & The Costs of Private Ordering," 55 American Business Law Journal 407 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1111/ablj.12123 - Awarded the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Hoeber Award for Excellence in Research
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "From Performance Budgeting to Performance Budget Management: Theory and Practice," Public Administration Review 78, no.5 (2018): 748-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12915
Krishnamurthy, Rashmi, Kevin Desouza, Gregory Dawson, and Alfred Ho. "Factors Promoting the Collection of Performance Measurement: Evidence from US Local Governments," Proceedings of the 51th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2018): 2266-2275. (http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50172)
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Comply or Explain’ and the Future of Nonfinancial Reporting," 21 Lewis & Clark Law Review 317 (2017) - Reprinted in 2018 Securities Law Review § 3.2, Donald C. Langevoort, ed. (a yearly anthology of leading articles in securities law) - Featured on Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, Mar. 14, 2017, available at http://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Sustainability in the Mainstream: Why Investors Care and What it Means for Corporate Boards," The Conference Board: Director Notes (Nov. 2017)
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Wonhyuk Cho. "Government Communication Effectiveness and Satisfaction with Police Performance: A Large-Scale Survey Study," Public Administration Review 77, no. 2 (2017): 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12563
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, Kate Bander, Julie Steenson, and Eric Roche. "Big Data and Local Performance Management: The Experience of Kansas City, Missouri." In Routledge Handbook on Information Technology in Government, edited by Yuche Chen and Michael Ahn, 95-107. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "Big Data and Evidence-Driven Decision-Making: Analyzing the Practices of Large and Mid-Sized US Cities," Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2017): 2794-2803. (http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41494)
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Risk-Related Activism: The Business Case for Monitoring Nonfinancial Risk," 41 Journal of Corporation Law 647 (2016).
Li, Wenbin, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "The Objective Performance of Government, Transparency, and Public Satisfaction," (in Chinese: 政府客观绩效、透明度与公民满意度) Gonggong Xingzheng Pinglun (公共行政评论 Journal of Public Administration, a Chinese SSCI-journal) 2016-2 (2016): 93-111.
Harper Ho, Virginia. "Corporate Responsibility in China: Law & the Business Case for Strategic CSR," 12 South Carolina Journal International Law & Business 1 (2015).
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Tobin Im. "Challenges in Building Effective and Competitive Government in Developing Countries: An Institutional Logics Perspective," American Review of Public Administration 45, no. 3 (2015): 263-280. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074013501856 [Recipient of the best article award in 2015]
Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei. "Performance Budgeting: Lessons from the Worldwide Diverse Practices." In Handbook of Public Administration, 3rd ed., edited by James Perry and Robert Christensen, 403-415. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2015.
Lu, Yi, Zachary Mohr, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho. "Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Performance Budgeting Theory and Practice," Public Performance and Management Review 38, no. 3 (2015): 426458. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2015.1006470