| Management Buyout ( MBO ) stands for the behavior of management purchase of all outstanding shares. Through the purchase, members of management can turn to be owners of the corporation. Though successful cases exist, MBO, as newly introduced business event, have roused much controversy in our Country. Yet it has tremendous value to construct a Chinese characterized MBO market since the key to the future development of state-owned enterprises lies in the clarification and coordination of their ownership, while MBO contribute not only to the stimulation of the management staff, but also the reform of the public-owned economy. The purpose of this paper is to provide some reference for the Chinese characterized MBO market based on the study of the current application and future trend of MBO in China. Based on the methodology of case analysis, the paper discussed six basic exchange mode of and obstacles facing MBO market under the extant market condition through the summary of the current situation of MBO in China's market. Furthermore, with comparisons between domestic and foreign MBO markets on the issues of policy background, market environment, operate mechanism, operating difficulties and relative solutions were analyzed. The conclusions of this paper include: MBO does have a important and contributing influence on the reforms of China's enterprise. Obstacles and difficulties, which are largely the result of a market environment, in inevitable for China's MBO market, yet they are both temporary and solvable. The future development of MBO in China is unavoidable along with the declining of these obstacles. |