信息化建设、供应链信息分享与企业绩效——基于中国制造业企业的实证研究

Informatization Construction,Supply Chain Information Sharing and Firm Performance—Empirical Study Based on Chinese Manufacturing Firms

信息化建设是现阶段国家和企业都难以回避的问题,本文建立信息化建设-信息分享-企业绩效的分析框架,从信息传递的视角探讨信息化建设对企业绩效的影响机理,认为企业的信息化建设能够通过促进供应链上下游企业之间的沟通,带来更好的企业绩效。以我国制造业企业为样本进行的实证研究表明,企业信息化设备建设投入以及网站的建立能够促进其与供应链上下游企业有关需求、库存、产量等信息的分享,并通过这些有价值信息的分享推动企业绩效提升。进一步的分析表明,信息化建设使得信息分享在支持企业业务活动和提升企业绩效方面的效果更加显著。

The breakthrough development of information technology during the last half century set off another wave of technological revolution and announced the coming of the age of information and telecommunication.As countries in the world competing to develop information technology and promoting informatization construction,China has been vigorously promoting the informatization of the national economy and society and made the integration of informatization and industrialization an important national strategy.Does informatization construction really bring better performance to Chinese micro firms?Through which channel informatization construction could help firm achieve better development?An analysis framework of informatization construction-information sharing-firm performance is established and the influence mechanism of informatization construction on firm performance is discussed in this study?It is claimed that firm's informatization construction can bring better firm performance by promoting communication between firms up and down the supply chain.It is shown that investment in information equipment construction and website building of firms can facilitate information sharing between those and their upstream and downstream firms on demand,inventory and production and provide firm performance improvement through sharing those valuable information in an empirical study using a survey data of Chinese manufacturing firms collected by The World Bank.It is indicated that informatization construction make the support of information sharing about firm business and promotion on firm performance more significantly in further analysis of this paper?The important effect of informatization construction on enhancing communication,relieving information asymmetry and promoting economic growth are indicated and the importance and necessity of China vigorously supporting and developing information technology and actively advancing the integration of informatization and industrialization are implied from the perspective of micro firms in this study.For firms,informatization is not only a kind of new supervisor mode,production mode or sales mode,on the basis of information transfer,it will also promote benign interaction between firms on supply chain level and provide better access to information,more accurate production and operation decisions and higher value for firms.