Is China's independent director system working? The case of the electronics industry

Autor: Will C. Wu, Yenpao Chen, Chien-Hsun Chen
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Economic Studies. 38:360-383
ISSN: 0144-3585
DOI: 10.1108/01443581111160842
Popis: Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the effects that the setting‐up of an independent director system has on the operating efficiency of information electronics companies in China.Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses 87 Chinese listed electronics companies during the initial stages of the independent directors system from 1999 to 2002 as sample subjects, and employs a two‐stage procedure for empirical investigation.Findings – The non‐parametric test results verify that there is no significant difference in the operating efficiency of Chinese electronics companies following the establishment of an independent director system. The Tobit regression results show that the establishment of an independent director system in the Chinese electronics industry does not influence overall technical efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PE), or scale efficiency (SE).Research limitations/implications – Whether the related schemes of the current corporate governance structure practised in China can ac...
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