Market competitiveness, R&D activities and innovation in the manufacturing and service sector
| Manufacturing sector | Service sector | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Product innovation | Process innovation | Marketing innovation | Organizational innovation | Product innovation | Process innovation | Marketing innovation | Organizational innovation |
| Independent variable | ||||||||
| Internal R&D activities | 0.733*** | 0.212** | 0.400*** | 0.164* | 0.176* | 0.328*** | 0.066 | 0.362*** |
| (0.078) | (0.084) | (0.095) | (0.095) | (0.101) | (0.099) | (0.119) | (0.117) | |
| External R&D activities | −0.206** | 0.281*** | −0.125 | 0.181* | 0.558*** | 0.005 | 0.284* | 0.106 |
| (0.090) | (0.096) | (0.109) | (0.109) | (0.130) | (0.127) | (0.153) | (0.150) | |
| Market competitiveness variables | ||||||||
| Strong competition from abroad | 0.079*** | 0.033 | 0.115*** | 0.054** | −0.021 | 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.004 |
| (0.020) | (0.021) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.025) | |
| Outdated product and service | 0.057*** | −0.020 | 0.045* | 0.039* | 0.099*** | 0.053** | 0.122*** | 0.143*** |
| (0.019) | (0.020) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.025) | |
| Interaction variables | ||||||||
| Outdated product × Internal R&D activities | 0.016 | 0.048 | −0.036 | 0.017 | 0.243** | 0.017 | 0.063 | −0.137 |
| (0.050) | (0.053) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.097) | (0.096) | (0.115) | (0.113) | |
| Outdated product × External R&D activities | 0.119* | −0.007 | 0.098 | −0.137* | −0.261** | 0.138 | −0.106 | 0.041 |
| (0.062) | (0.066) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.130) | (0.127) | (0.153) | (0.150) | |
| Competition from abroad × Internal R&D activities | −0.175** | 0.029 | −0.234*** | 0.018 | 0.176*** | 0.025 | 0.119 | −0.008 |
| (0.068) | (0.073) | (0.083) | (0.083) | (0.064) | (0.063) | (0.075) | (0.074) | |
| Competition from abroad × External R&D activities | 0.219*** | −0.150* | 0.214** | −0.045 | −0.190** | −0.068 | −0.163 | −0.117 |
| (0.084) | (0.090) | (0.102) | (0.102) | (0.092) | (0.090) | (0.108) | (0.106) | |
| Control variables | ||||||||
| Firm size | −0.003 | 0.034*** | 0.012* | 0.042*** | 0.011* | 0.031*** | 0.023*** | 0.056*** |
| (0.005) | (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.008) | (0.008) | |
| Market share top selling product/services | 0.040** | −0.020 | 0.042** | 0.044** | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.103*** | 0.083*** |
| (0.016) | (0.017) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.024) | |
| Constant | 0.049** | 0.013 | 0.079*** | 0.019 | 0.063** | −0.010 | 0.057* | −0.043 |
| (0.022) | (0.024) | (0.027) | (0.027) | (0.025) | (0.025) | (0.030) | (0.029) | |
| Lambda | −0.180*** | 0.039 | −0.049 | −0.025 | 0.102* | 0.049 | 0.128* | −0.134* |
| (0.048) | (0.054) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.062) | (0.061) | (0.072) | (0.071) | |
| Rho | −0.50246 | 0.10259 | −0.11296 | −0.05848 | 0.28547 | 0.13939 | 0.30202 | −0.32227 |
| Sigma | 0.35778248 | 0.38189408 | 0.43531676 | 0.43313556 | 0.35891436 | 0.35196908 | 0.42242179 | 0.41516718 |
| Wald χ2 (19) | 1658.23 | 537.50 | 300.91 | 314.44 | 646.76 | 322.72 | 174.66 | 248.63 |
| Prob > χ2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Observations | 2,269 | 2,269 | 2,269 | 2,269 | 1,468 | 1,468 | 1,468 | 1,468 |
| Manufacturing sector | Service sector | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Product innovation | Process innovation | Marketing innovation | Organizational innovation | Product innovation | Process innovation | Marketing innovation | Organizational innovation |
| Internal R&D activities | 0.733*** | 0.212** | 0.400*** | 0.164* | 0.176* | 0.328*** | 0.066 | 0.362*** |
| (0.078) | (0.084) | (0.095) | (0.095) | (0.101) | (0.099) | (0.119) | (0.117) | |
| External R&D activities | −0.206** | 0.281*** | −0.125 | 0.181* | 0.558*** | 0.005 | 0.284* | 0.106 |
| (0.090) | (0.096) | (0.109) | (0.109) | (0.130) | (0.127) | (0.153) | (0.150) | |
| Strong competition from abroad | 0.079*** | 0.033 | 0.115*** | 0.054** | −0.021 | 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.004 |
| (0.020) | (0.021) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.025) | |
| Outdated product and service | 0.057*** | −0.020 | 0.045* | 0.039* | 0.099*** | 0.053** | 0.122*** | 0.143*** |
| (0.019) | (0.020) | (0.023) | (0.023) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.025) | |
| Outdated product × Internal R&D activities | 0.016 | 0.048 | −0.036 | 0.017 | 0.243** | 0.017 | 0.063 | −0.137 |
| (0.050) | (0.053) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.097) | (0.096) | (0.115) | (0.113) | |
| Outdated product × External R&D activities | 0.119* | −0.007 | 0.098 | −0.137* | −0.261** | 0.138 | −0.106 | 0.041 |
| (0.062) | (0.066) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.130) | (0.127) | (0.153) | (0.150) | |
| Competition from abroad × Internal R&D activities | −0.175** | 0.029 | −0.234*** | 0.018 | 0.176*** | 0.025 | 0.119 | −0.008 |
| (0.068) | (0.073) | (0.083) | (0.083) | (0.064) | (0.063) | (0.075) | (0.074) | |
| Competition from abroad × External R&D activities | 0.219*** | −0.150* | 0.214** | −0.045 | −0.190** | −0.068 | −0.163 | −0.117 |
| (0.084) | (0.090) | (0.102) | (0.102) | (0.092) | (0.090) | (0.108) | (0.106) | |
| Firm size | −0.003 | 0.034*** | 0.012* | 0.042*** | 0.011* | 0.031*** | 0.023*** | 0.056*** |
| (0.005) | (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.008) | (0.008) | |
| Market share top selling product/services | 0.040** | −0.020 | 0.042** | 0.044** | 0.026 | 0.024 | 0.103*** | 0.083*** |
| (0.016) | (0.017) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.021) | (0.021) | (0.025) | (0.024) | |
| Constant | 0.049** | 0.013 | 0.079*** | 0.019 | 0.063** | −0.010 | 0.057* | −0.043 |
| (0.022) | (0.024) | (0.027) | (0.027) | (0.025) | (0.025) | (0.030) | (0.029) | |
| Lambda | −0.180*** | 0.039 | −0.049 | −0.025 | 0.102* | 0.049 | 0.128* | −0.134* |
| (0.048) | (0.054) | (0.061) | (0.061) | (0.062) | (0.061) | (0.072) | (0.071) | |
| Rho | −0.50246 | 0.10259 | −0.11296 | −0.05848 | 0.28547 | 0.13939 | 0.30202 | −0.32227 |
| Sigma | 0.35778248 | 0.38189408 | 0.43531676 | 0.43313556 | 0.35891436 | 0.35196908 | 0.42242179 | 0.41516718 |
| Wald | 1658.23 | 537.50 | 300.91 | 314.44 | 646.76 | 322.72 | 174.66 | 248.63 |
| Prob > | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Observations | 2,269 | 2,269 | 2,269 | 2,269 | 1,468 | 1,468 | 1,468 | 1,468 |
Note(s): The select equation is included in the regression, but it is not stated in the table. Standard errors are in parentheses, ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05 and *p < 0.1