Hypothesis testing results
| Dependent variable | Model 1 | Model 2 (with the use of MAS as the mediator) | Model 3 (with the use of MAS as the mediator and ACAP as the moderator) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | Use of MAS | FP | Use of MAS | FP | ||
| Independent variable | ||||||
| H1 | APAR | 0.30 (5.89)c | 0.52 (11.89)c | 0.07 (1.18) | 0.51 (12.44)c | 0.07 (1.19) |
| ACAP | 0.20 (4.28)c | |||||
| H2 | Use of MAS | 0.41 (8.41)c | 0.41 (7.77)c | |||
| H4 | APAR × ACAP | 0.19 (5.18)c | ||||
| Control variable | ||||||
| Ownership | 0.14 (2.77)c | 0.11 (2.40)b | 0.11 (2.28)b | |||
| Assets | 0.13 (2.38)b | 0.14 (2.99)c | 0.14 (3.12)c | |||
| Employees | −0.05 (1.09) | −0.05 (1.03) | −0.05 (1.01) | |||
| Firm age | 0.10 (2.19)b | 0.07 (1.53) | 0.07 (1.53) | |||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.24 | |
| Indirect effect | Estimate | LLCI | ULCI | |||
| H3 | APAR→Use of MAS→FP | 0.21 (6.35)c | 0.16 | 0.29 | ||
| Dependent variable | Model 1 | Model 2 (with the use of MAS as the mediator) | Model 3 (with the use of MAS as the mediator and ACAP as the moderator) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP | Use of MAS | FP | Use of MAS | FP | ||
| APAR | 0.30 (5.89)c | 0.52 (11.89)c | 0.07 (1.18) | 0.51 (12.44)c | 0.07 (1.19) | |
| ACAP | 0.20 (4.28)c | |||||
| Use of MAS | 0.41 (8.41)c | 0.41 (7.77)c | ||||
| APAR × ACAP | 0.19 (5.18)c | |||||
| Ownership | 0.14 (2.77)c | 0.11 (2.40)b | 0.11 (2.28)b | |||
| Assets | 0.13 (2.38)b | 0.14 (2.99)c | 0.14 (3.12)c | |||
| Employees | −0.05 (1.09) | −0.05 (1.03) | −0.05 (1.01) | |||
| Firm age | 0.10 (2.19)b | 0.07 (1.53) | 0.07 (1.53) | |||
| Adjusted | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.24 | |
| Estimate | LLCI | ULCI | ||||
| APAR→Use of MAS→FP | 0.21 (6.35)c | 0.16 | 0.29 | |||
Note(s): APAR × ACAP: interaction between APAR and ACAP; FP: firm performance; Numbers in brackets: t-values; b, c: significance at 5% and 1% levels, respectively (two-tailed t-test); LLCI: lower limit confidence interval; ULCI: upper limit confidence interval
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