Does Group Affiliation Improve Firm Performance? The Case of Chinese State-Owned Firms

作者:Yu Huanjun; Van Ees Hans; Lensink Robert*
来源:Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45(10): 1615-1632.
DOI:10.1080/00220380902952365

摘要

This paper analyses the performance of state-owned business groups in China. Group affiliation can be important for economic policy evaluation since the Chinese government promotes the formation of business groups as a first step in the process of reforming state enterprises into modern corporations. The analysis applies a range of econometric techniques to a sample of 657 Chinese state-owned firms in 2005 and shows that group affiliation has a robust positive effect on performance. Group affiliation may in this respect provide a successful alternative to large-scale privatisation.

  • 出版日期2009