Title: Modern enterprise system and the role of the party and government in Chinese SOEs

Authors: Xuezhu Bai, Lynne Bennington

Addresses: Centre of Culture and Languages, China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP), 99, Qiancheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201204, PR China. ' Graduate School of Business, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, 239 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the reforms in the state owned sector in China, with particular attention to the iron and steel industry. It examines whether the currently practised Modern Enterprise System (MES) has resulted in the distancing of the government from the management of state owned enterprises. Although some of the problems of conflict and diffused responsibility appeared to have been solved by the new system, and the sector is apparently quite successful, some unintended consequences were noted in this empirical research study.

Keywords: modern enterprise systems; MES; state-owned enterprises; SOEs; iron and steel industry; SOISEs; SOE reforms; party-state; China; government; Communist Party Committee.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2007.015834

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2007 Vol.1 No.3, pp.354 - 366

Published online: 22 Nov 2007 *

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