Title :
Impact of financial crisis on performance of listed logistics companies: Evidence from China
Author :
Li, Xin ; Zhu, Xiaobo
Author_Institution :
Financial & Accounting Res. Center, Chongqing Univ. of Technol., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
The financial crisis is presented around the world and has affected China economy indirectly. The objective of this article is to study the impact of the crisis on performance of listed logistics companies and finds out what field it affects. In this article, we take 64 listed transportation & ware-housing companies as research objects. Applying factor analysis and Wilcoxon rank test, we find that the impact of financial crisis on performance of listed logistics companies does exist.
Keywords :
economics; financial management; logistics; transportation; warehousing; China economy; Wilcoxon rank test; factor analysis; financial crisis; listed logistics companies; transportation companies; warehousing companies; Companies; Indexes; Measurement; Profitability; Supply chains; Performance; factor analysis; financial crisis;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8501-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-3611
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674309
