Market Competitive Strategy, Government Ownership and Audit Firm Choice: Evidence from China

Faculty of Economics & Management
Nanjing Audit University Jinshen College
Qixia District, Nanjing, CHINA.

P120098@siswa.ukm.edu.my

Center for Governance Resilience and Accountability (GRACE)
Faculty of Economics & Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA.

mohead@ukm.edu.my

Abstract

Many serious audit failures of listed companies, mainly in China, have spotlighted the suitability of the appointed audit firm with the companies’ market competitive strategy. This study argues that the adopted market competitive strategy, either offensive or defensive, may influence audit firm choice, but the associations remain unclear. This study investigates the association between market competitive strategy and audit firm choice among Chinese listed companies, with government ownership as a moderator. A logistic multivariate regression analysis was conducted by using 9,590 year-observations of Chinese-listed companies during the period of 2018–2021. Results show that companies with aggressive offensive strategies tend to appoint larger audit firms, whereas companies with aggressive defensive strategies favour smaller audit firms. No evidence shows that government-owned companies influence audit firm choice, but government ownership moderates the relationship between market competitive strategies and audit firm choice. The findings are useful for listed companies to select the best audit quality that fits with the adopted market competitive strategy and provide references for regulators to assess and promote the healthy development of China’s audit market. This work is a pioneer in providing associations among market competitive strategy, government ownership and audit firm choice.

 

 

Keywords

Audit firm choice; China; government ownership; market competitive strategy
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2023-68-13

Citation

Wei, Z., & Rahmat, M. M. (2023). Market Competitive Strategy, Government Ownership and Audit Firm Choice: Evidence from China. Jurnal Pengurusan, 68, –. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2023-68-13

@article{wei2023market,
  title={Market Competitive Strategy, Government Ownership and Audit Firm Choice: Evidence from China},
  author={Wei, Zheng and Rahmat, Mohd Mohid},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={68},
  number={},
  pages={—},
  year={2023},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2023-68-13},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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