Title: Impact of systematic transaction cost on enterprise competitive strategy and performance - research on Sany Heavy Industry's change of registered place

Authors: Weiguo Kang; Haoran Ji; Yuan Li; Hanwen Xu

Addresses: Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, No. 3 Wenyuan Road, Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China ' Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, No. 3 Wenyuan Road, Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China ' Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, No. 3 Wenyuan Road, Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China ' Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, No. 3 Wenyuan Road, Qixia, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Abstract: The market mechanism and formal system in China's economic system are not perfect, and the government has absolute authority in the allocation of resources and has the right to intervene in the operation of enterprises. Systematic transaction costs are different among regions, even among different enterprises in the same region. Taking the change of Sany Heavy Industry's registered place as an example, from the perspective of systematic transaction cost, we use difference in difference and financial index analysis to study the reasons why Sany Heavy Industry 'leaves home'. We find the explicit institutional transaction cost of Sany Heavy Industry rises significantly before the change of registered place, and the growth rate of explicit systematic transaction cost of Sany Heavy Industry slows down after the change. However, the implicit systematic transaction cost changes inversely, which affects the performance of enterprises. The research provides implications for the healthy development of the relationship between the government and private enterprises.

Keywords: systematic transaction cost; competitive strategy; relocation of headquarters; property right theory; enterprise performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEPEE.2025.147479

International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 2025 Vol.22 No.1, pp.91 - 112

Received: 08 Jul 2021
Accepted: 31 Oct 2021
Published online: 18 Jul 2025 *

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