英文摘要 |
The core business for a real estate company in Taiwan is usually land investment and development. This paper puts risk control in consideration, employs Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to calculate the efficiency of the listed real estate development firms in Taiwan, and try to determine the factors which cause the inefficiency of those firms. The results show companies which exercise buy-and-hold strategy for land have better performance and the results also conform to real option theory. Whereas the companies which own buildings or houses for sale, as well as with construction in process, are losers in the markets. The results for the latter companies also suggest those companies are forced to hold the properties, which is definitely not a marketing strategy. By using commonly used indices and DEA indices, the results are the same-the land purchasing decision and the costs for construction in progress go in the same direction. However, the directions of houses for sale and land inventory are the opposite. Therefore, we can conclude that more information required when evaluating the performance of real estate companies. |