Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis

This research examines direct investments in Japan by Taiwanese semiconductor companies over the past two decades (2004-2023) and their impact on operational efficiency. We first utilize Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate inefficiency scores of semiconductor companies, and then apply trunca...

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Main Author: Kai-Yu HSIEH
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Language:Japanese
Published: The Academic Association for Organizational Science 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aaostrans/13/3/13_2024-021/_pdf/-char/ja
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description This research examines direct investments in Japan by Taiwanese semiconductor companies over the past two decades (2004-2023) and their impact on operational efficiency. We first utilize Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate inefficiency scores of semiconductor companies, and then apply truncated regression to assess how investing in Japan affects these bias-corrected scores. Our findings indicate that companies investing in Japan generally show higher operational efficiency than non-investors. However, we find no evidence that these investing companies gain extra efficiency from their supply chain activities in Japan.
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spelling doaj-art-28e767955d744876893a5f1a16dbdd3f2025-08-20T03:09:39ZjpnThe Academic Association for Organizational ScienceAAOS Transactions2758-27952025-05-01133112https://doi.org/10.11207/aaostrans.2024-021Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric AnalysisKai-Yu HSIEH0National Chengchi UniversityThis research examines direct investments in Japan by Taiwanese semiconductor companies over the past two decades (2004-2023) and their impact on operational efficiency. We first utilize Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate inefficiency scores of semiconductor companies, and then apply truncated regression to assess how investing in Japan affects these bias-corrected scores. Our findings indicate that companies investing in Japan generally show higher operational efficiency than non-investors. However, we find no evidence that these investing companies gain extra efficiency from their supply chain activities in Japan.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aaostrans/13/3/13_2024-021/_pdf/-char/jasemiconductorforeign direct investmentoperational efficiencytaiwan
spellingShingle Kai-Yu HSIEH
Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
AAOS Transactions
semiconductor
foreign direct investment
operational efficiency
taiwan
title Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
title_full Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
title_fullStr Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
title_short Direct Investments in Japan and Operational Efficiency of Semiconductor Companies from Taiwan: A Semi-parametric Analysis
title_sort direct investments in japan and operational efficiency of semiconductor companies from taiwan a semi parametric analysis
topic semiconductor
foreign direct investment
operational efficiency
taiwan
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aaostrans/13/3/13_2024-021/_pdf/-char/ja
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