Table I

Meanings of indicators

IndicatorsMeaning
Profit from main operations (y)An enterprise’s annual profit from main operations, serving as a comprehensive indicator reflecting the enterprise’s business performance and innovation performance
Tobin’s Q (q)Q=(total market value + gross liability)/total assets; total market value=market value of circulating shares + preference shares
High-tech enterprises (h)1 represents high-tech enterprises; 0 represents non-high-tech enterprises
R&D investment (r)An enterprise’s annual total investment in R&D
Human resources investment (l)Share of employees with bachelor’s degree or higher in an enterprise on December 31st every year
Spillover (s)Regional innovation radiation capacity coefficient×industry influence coefficient×R&D investment
Age of enterprise (a)Number of years between the founding of the enterprise to the end of this year
Government support (g)Government subsidy/total amount of R&D
Opportunity windows (i)New product sales revenue/total sales revenue, reflecting the innovation opportunities in the industry
Learning by export (e)New product export revenue/total sales revenue, reflecting the learning by export effects
Number of patents (p)Patents the company obtains within the year

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