Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Japan-invested Firms in China

本研究在文献调研和对10家中国日资企业管理人员访谈的基础上，对日本和中国两地的日资企业进行了问卷调查，问卷调查的重点是中国的日资非制造业企业，目前还没有得到深入的实证研究。日本收到了102份回复，中国收到了51份。对这些答案的分析揭示了以下结果。(1)虽然近年来绩效指标有所改善，但对绩效的满意度较低。(2)独资企业与合资企业、有中国从业经历的企业与无中国从业经历的企业之间的财务绩效改善存在显著差异，前者的财务绩效改善显著高于后者。(3)但日资企业的基本属性如工业、机关…(4)回归分析表明，经营年限、外部环境变化、日本总部对经营的监控以及日本外派员工数量是影响财务绩效改善的显著因素。(5)对财务绩效满意度有显著影响的因素有：对外派管理人员的评价激励措施、外派员工的数量以及外部环境的变化。(6)对战略绩效满意度有显著影响的因素有：日籍管理人员与中国员工之间的信任、对日籍管理人员的评价激励措施、外部环境的变化以及以前在中国做生意的年限。较少

Based on literature survey and interviews with managers of 10 Japan-invested enterprises in China, this research has conducted questionnaire survey in Japan and China The questionnaire survey focused on Japan-invested businesses in non-manufacturing industries in China, which has not received in-depth empirical studies yet. 102 answers were received in Japan and 51 in China. Analysis on these answers reveals the following results. (1) Though improvement in performance indexes has been observed in recent years, the degree of satisfaction on the performance achievement is low. (2) Significant difference in financial performance improvement has been observed between wholly-owned businesses and joint ventures, and between the businesses that had prior experience in China and the ones that did not - financial performance improvement in the former kind of businesses is significantly higher than the latter. (3) However, the basic properties of Japan-invested businesses such as industry, organ … More ization form, entry timing, operation experience in China were not found significant to the satisfaction degree on the performance achievement ; (4) Regression analysis reveals that the following factors are significant factors to financial performance improvement : operation years, changes in external environment, operational monitoring by Japan headquarters, as well as the number of Japanese expatriate employees. (5) The significant factors to the satisfaction degree on the financial performance are as follows : the evaluation incentive measures for the Japanese expatriate managers, the number of Japanese expatriate employees as well as the changes in external environment. (6) The significant factors to the satisfaction degree on the strategic performance are as follows : trust between Japanese managers and Chinese employees, the evaluation incentive measures for the Japanese expatriate managers, the changes in external environment as well as the prior experience years of doing businesses in China. Less