This paper attempts to examine the relationship between firm legal form and firm performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) database. As per our analysis, it was determined that open shareholding, closed shareholding, partnership, and limited partnership companies have an advantage in terms of annual sales and annual productivity growth rates over sole proprietorship firms and that medium-sized and large-sized firms also demonstrate an advantage over small ones. Furthermore, our analysis shows that foreign ownership, exporting activities, the usage of the web in communication with clients and suppliers, and the presence of full-time workers have positively affected firm performance. These findings are deemed robust when running the analysis for firms with female participation in ownership. This paper provides directions for strategists targeting at improving the performance of firms.

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法律形式对中东和北非地区的公司业绩是否重要？

本文试图使用世界银行企业调查 (WBES) 数据库来研究中东和北非 (MENA) 地区公司法律形式与公司业绩之间的关系。根据我们的分析，确定开放式股份制、封闭式股份制、合伙制和有限合伙制公司在年销售额和年生产率增长率方面优于独资公司，大中型公司也表现出比小的优势。此外，我们的分析表明，外资所有权、出口活动、与客户和供应商交流的网络使用以及全职员工的存在对公司绩效产生了积极影响。在对女性参与所有权的公司进行分析时，这些发现被认为是可靠的。本文为旨在提高公司绩效的战略家提供了方向。