Figure 2 (B): A Survival function of Foreign-owned Plants in Ireland
1986-1996 by Scale of R&D Activity.
Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.
Appendix A
Table A1: Lifetable Analysis of Foreign-owned plants by Sector 1980-
1996
|
Sector (OECD) Probability of Staying: |
High- Tech_____ |
Medium- High-tech |
Medium- Low-tech |
Low-Tech |
All |
|
5 years |
74.52% |
73.59% |
71.38% |
65.32% |
70.36% |
|
10 years |
63.47% |
59.95% |
55.42% |
48.07% |
55.18% |
|
17 years (1980- 1996)_______ |
55.97% |
52.94% |
46.96% |
38.89% |
47.02% |
|
Source: Calculated using data from Forfas. | |||||
Table Note A1:Wilcoxon-Gehan statistics show that the difference in
probabilities of survival between plants in different sectors are
statistically significant at the 1% level.
Table A2: Lifetable Analysis of Foreign-owned plants by R&D
Activity 1986-1996
|
Scale of R&D spend Probability of Staying: |
non-R&D Spenders |
Total R&D Spenders_____ |
Small R&D _____Spenders |
Large R&D |
|
5 years |
76.79% |
93.55% |
88.89% |
96.85% |
|
10 years_______________ |
64.35% |
88.02% |
84.44% |
90.55% |
Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.
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