Doctoral Dissertation Research: State Intervention, Interfirm Relations and Firm Performance

博士论文研究：国家干预、企业间关系与企业绩效

• 批准号: 0603027
• 负责人: David Knoke
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2007-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0603027&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; State; Intervention

Doctoral Dissertation Research: State Intervention, Interfirm Relations and Firm Performance of Chinese Business Groups in China's Transition EconomyDavid Knoke and Xinxiang ChenDepartment of SociologyUniversity of MinnesotaABSTRACTThis research project will investigate two related social processes: the impact of state intervention on interfirm governance relations, and the effect of those governance relations on firm performance in Chinese business groups in China's transition economy. It will test a set of propositions and hypotheses that Chinese business groups with greater state intervention experience a relatively higher degree of vertical integration, and thereby a relatively lower level of firm performance. Data will be collected mainly in Beijing, Zhengzhou, and Shenzhen, using interviews with insiders from approximately 120 firms belonging to 30 business groups, as well as qualitative and quantitative data gathered from secondary sources. Data analyses will focus on the effects of the capital and membership structures of Chinese business groups on their interfirm vertical integration, which is a primary governance form of business enterprises with Chinese characteristics in the current transition economy, in contrast to the relatively mature Western market economies. In addition, the research specifically analyzes the effect of the vertical integration of Chinese business groups on firm performance under the context of Chinese state intervention. The project investigators will advance the understanding of complex relationships between state intervention and economic development, especially firm performance, as they are mediated by the governance structures of business enterprises, specifically Chinese business groups. Research on Chinese business groups has also important implications for the debate about the substitution of state intervention for entrepreneurial social capital. The project will contribute to state role theory about improving economic development in different situations. The research is relevant to questions about how best to further the reform of Chinese business groups. Therefore, its results have potential public policy implications for developing countries lacking well-functioning markets or experiencing transitional economies, which have important consequences for their people's welfare. Project results will be disseminated to a wide variety of academic and policy audiences to advance organization theory research; to promote awareness of alternative forms of governance for business groups; and to inform the public and policymakers about the implications of these results for policy-making on state intervention in developing countries.

博士论文研究：中国转型经济中的国家干预、企业间关系和中国企业集团的企业绩效戴维·诺克和陈新祥明尼苏达大学社会学系摘要本研究项目将调查两个相关的社会过程：国家干预对企业间治理关系的影响，以及这些治理关系对中国转型经济中中国企业集团企业绩效的影响。 它将检验一系列命题和假设，即国家干预程度较高的中国企业集团经历了相对较高程度的垂直整合，从而导致企业绩效水平相对较低。 数据收集主要在北京、郑州和深圳，通过对 30 个业务集团约 120 家公司的内部人士的访谈，以及从二手来源收集的定性和定量数据。 数据分析将重点关注中国企业集团的资本和成员结构对其企业间纵向一体化的影响，与相对成熟的西方市场经济相比，纵向一体化是当前转型经济中中国特色企业的主要治理形式。 此外，研究还具体分析了中国国家干预背景下中国企业集团纵向一体化对企业绩效的影响。项目调查人员将加深对国家干预与经济发展（尤其是企业绩效）之间复杂关系的理解，因为它们是由商业企业（特别是中国商业集团）的治理结构调节的。 对中国企业集团的研究对于关于用国家干预替代创业社会资本的争论也具有重要意义。 该项目将为关于改善不同情况下的经济发展的国家角色理论做出贡献。 该研究涉及如何最好地推进中国企业集团改革的问题。 因此，其结果对于缺乏运作良好的市场或正在经历转型经济的发展中国家具有潜在的公共政策影响，这对其人民的福祉产生重要影响。 项目结果将传播给广泛的学术和政策受众，以推进组织理论研究；提高商业团体对替代治理形式的认识；并向公众和政策制定者通报这些结果对发展中国家国家干预政策制定的影响。