Table 4: Logistic regression: Co-operation activities in R&D
|
marks |
regression |
expected |
significance |
|
residence of the enterprise (reference category: Bavaria) | |||
|
• Baden-Wurttemberg |
0.590 |
1.805 |
0.229 |
|
• North Rhine-Westphalia |
0.367 |
1.443 |
0.433 |
|
• Berlin and Brandenburg |
0.296 |
1.344 |
0.676 |
|
• Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate |
0.072 |
1.075 |
0.937 |
|
• Hesse |
0.051 |
1.052 |
0.940 |
|
• Bremen and Lower Saxony |
-0.042 |
0.959 |
0.947 |
|
• Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein |
-0.224 |
0.800 |
0.798 |
|
• Saxony |
-0.488 |
0.614 |
0.534 |
|
• Thuringia |
-0.613 |
0.542 |
0.527 |
|
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt |
-1.424 |
0.241 |
0.270 |
|
industry (reference category: industry related services) | |||
|
• producer good industry |
-0.588 |
0,556 |
0.332 |
|
• investment good industry |
-0.999 |
0.368 |
0.066 |
|
• consumer good industry |
-1.075 |
0.341 |
0.061 |
|
• building industry |
-2.026 |
0.132 |
0.018 * |
|
structural marks / market performance | |||
|
• number of employees in 2000 (logarithm) |
0.610 |
1.841 |
0.000 *** |
|
• growth rate of employees 1999 till 2000 |
0.001 |
1.000 |
0.889 |
|
• high percentage of return on sales (above 5%) |
-0.104 |
0.901 |
0.755 |
|
• company is lead by owner |
-1.024 |
0.359 |
0.008 ** |
|
background / access to financial resources | |||
|
• experiences in co-operation with suppliers |
1.024 |
2.784 |
0.002 ** |
|
• experiences in co-operation with customers |
0.848 |
2.336 |
0.011 * |
|
• experiences in co-operation with other producers |
0.642 |
1.901 |
0.049 * |
|
• employee participation is practised |
0.576 |
1.779 |
0.094 |
|
• financial margin for investments above average |
-0.223 |
0.800 |
0.515 |
|
• teamwork is practised |
-0.391 |
0.676 |
0.251 |
|
R&D capacities / technological level of performance | |||
|
• share of R&D personnel on all employees |
2.812 |
16.637 |
0.049 * |
|
• use of new technology above branch average |
0.817 |
2.263 |
0.014 * |
|
• no own R&D personnel |
-0.965 |
0.381 |
0.022 * |
|
competitive situation | |||
|
• market share of primary product above average |
-0.123 |
0.884 |
0.713 |
|
• highly innovative in past |
-0.455 |
0.634 |
0.382 |
|
• innovative in past |
-0.570 |
0.566 |
0.176 |
|
• residence of main competitors in Germany |
-0.659 |
0.517 |
0.046 * |