Table 4: Tobit Models of Knowledge Sourcing Activities - Six-Region Models
|
R&D Intensity |
Supply Chain |
Non-Supply Chain | ||||
|
Coeff. t-ratio |
Coeff. t-ratio |
Coeff. t-ratio | ||||
|
Constant |
-10.529 |
-2.942 |
-32.001 |
-1.888 |
-65.042 |
-2.937 |
|
R&D Intensity |
0.118 |
1.081 |
0.087 |
0.704 | ||
|
Supply Chain Collaboration |
0.031 |
2.357 |
1.278 |
17.093 | ||
|
Non Supply Chain Collaboration |
0.008 |
0.567 |
0.979 |
17.392 | ||
|
Market Position | ||||||
|
Plant Vintage (years) |
0.013 |
1.720 |
-0.040 |
-1.098 |
0.036 |
0.802 |
|
Part of Multi-Plant Group |
-0.358 |
-0.549 |
12.012 |
3.906 |
-3.377 |
-0.855 |
|
Production Mainly One Offs |
-0.457 |
-0.640 |
-4.938 |
-1.425 |
-0.950 |
-0.218 |
|
Production Mainly Small Batches |
1.236 |
2.140 |
-0.919 |
-0.334 |
4.997 |
1.438 |
|
Important Barriers: Risk |
0.074 |
0.114 |
6.031 |
1.971 |
0.615 |
0.162 |
|
Important Barriers: Returns |
1.071 |
1.848 |
0.898 |
0.325 |
-3.428 |
-0.980 |
|
Important Barriers: Partners |
-1.172 |
-1.139 |
-3.447 |
-0.711 |
5.627 |
0.965 |
|
Plant is Exporting |
0.011 |
1.063 |
-0.074 |
-1.531 |
0.104 |
1.738 |
|
Employment/Median Emp |
-0.089 |
-1.040 |
0.377 |
0.917 |
-0.295 |
-0.589 |
|
Employment in 1998 |
0.001 |
0.210 |
0.002 |
0.134 |
0.016 |
1.155 |
|
Employment Squared |
0.000 |
-0.316 |
-0.002 |
-0.706 |
-0.007 |
-1.665 |
|
Resource Base | ||||||
|
Workforce with Degree (%) |
0.097 |
3.809 |
0.166 |
1.318 |
-0.041 |
-0.259 |
|
Workforce with No Qual. (%) |
-0.023 |
-1.851 |
0.085 |
1.400 |
-0.171 |
-2.220 |
|
R&D Department in Plant |
7.442 |
11.745 |
4.437 |
1.457 |
15.896 |
4.276 |
|
R&D in Group |
-0.394 |
-0.621 |
11.152 |
3.804 |
12.676 |
3.497 |
|
Integrated IT Cluster |
0.863 |
1.304 |
2.269 |
0.729 |
2.973 |
0.746 |
|
Quality Oriented Firm |
0.644 |
1.039 |
6.854 |
2.357 |
-3.298 |
-0.895 |
|
Resource Barriers: Attitudes |
-1.199 |
-1.289 |
2.073 |
0.481 |
2.919 |
0.548 |
|
Resource Barriers: Technology |
-0.857 |
-1.107 |
0.004 |
0.001 |
4.464 |
1.010 |
|
Regional Indicators | ||||||
|
HERD per person (EU = 1.00) |
0.035 |
0.776 |
-0.046 |
-0.216 |
-0.304 |
-1.104 |
|
GERD per person (EU = 1.00) |
0.076 |
1.064 |
-0.080 |
-0.235 |
0.413 |
0.961 |
|
BERD per person (EU = 1.00) |
-0.026 |
-1.809 |
-0.020 |
-0.296 |
-0.046 |
-0.537 |
|
Supply Chain Collaboration (%) |
0.432 |
2.915 |
0.910 |
1.275 |
-2.383 |
-2.514 |
|
Non-Supply Chain Collab. (%) |
-0.340 |
-1.131 |
-1.193 |
-0.833 |
5.858 |
3.240 |
|
N |
1043 |
1049 |
1070 | |||
|
Log-L |
-2245.8 |
-2663.2 |
-1918.9 | |||
Note: Each model also included a set of nine industry dummy variables which are not
reported. Details of the 'Integrated IT' and 'Quality Oriented Plant' variables are given
in Annex 1.
Sources: Multi-Regional Database, Tables 1 and 2.
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