Firm size and performance of manufacturing enterprises in P.R. China : the case of Shanghai's manufacturing industries
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Small Business Economics
Publication Date
6-1997
Volume
9
Issue
3
First Page
287
Last Page
298
Abstract
This paper studies the relationship between firm size and technical efficiency of manufacturing enterprises in Shanghai's manufacturing sector from 1989 to 1992. Although our empirical results show that technical efficiency is increasing in the firm size, the group of the smallest enterprises (0-99 workers) have very high technical efficiency. The group of enterprises with size of 100-249.9 workers have the lowest technical efficiency while the largest size (1000 workers or above) group usually have the highest technical efficiency. Finally, technical efficiency computed from net industrial product has large upward biases compared with that computed from gross industrial product.
DOI
10.1023/A:1017934928430
Print ISSN
0921898X
E-ISSN
15730913
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chow, C. K. W., & Fung, M. K. Y. (1997). Firm size and performance of manufacturing enterprises in P.R. China: The case of Shanghai's manufacturing industries. Small Business Economics, 9(3), 287-298.