ERP and Agency Cost:Evidence on the Introducing Period in China

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Jianguang Zeng

Chongqing University

Liyan Wang

Peking University - Guanghua School of Management

Yuefan Sun

Beijing Technology and Business University

Date Written: September 9, 2010

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of ERP system implementations on agency cost in the introducing period in China. The research reveals that, for the listed companies, the agency cost after implementing the ERP System will reduce significantly; however, compared with the non-State-Owned Enterprise, the agency cost of the State-Owned Enterprise reduced less after implementing the ERP system.

Keywords: ERP, Agency Cost, State-Owned Enterprise

Suggested Citation

Zeng, Jianguang and Wang, Liyan and Sun, Yuefan, ERP and Agency Cost:Evidence on the Introducing Period in China (September 9, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2019334 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2019334

Jianguang Zeng (Contact Author)

Chongqing University ( email )

School of Economics and Business Administration
Chongqing University
Chongqing, Chongqing 400044
China

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Liyan Wang

Peking University - Guanghua School of Management ( email )

Peking University
Beijing, Beijing 100871
China

Yuefan Sun

Beijing Technology and Business University ( email )

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Liangxiang
Beijing, 102488
China

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