Table A1 Demographic information of the... | Emerald Publishing

Table A1

Demographic information of the respondents (n = 311)

Characteristic	f	%	^aFirm size	F	%
Production manager	94	30.22	50–100	23	07.39
R&D manager	82	26.36	101–250	36	11.57
Middle-level manager	68	21.86	251–300	140	45.01
Relationship manager	65	20.90	>301	112	36.01
Industry type	f	%	Gender ratio
Manufacturing	97	31.18	Male	227	72.99
Financial Services	89	28.61	Female	84	27.00
Energy and utilities	47	15.11
Leatherwear and chemicals	32	10.28
Food processing and services	25	08.03
Other	21	06.75
Experience	f	%
Less than 5	58	18.64
Between 5 and 15	166	53.37
More than 15	87	27.97

Characteristic	f	%	^aFirm size	F	%
Production manager	94	30.22	50–100	23	07.39
R&D manager	82	26.36	101–250	36	11.57
Middle-level manager	68	21.86	251–300	140	45.01
Relationship manager	65	20.90	>301	112	36.01
Industry type	f	%	Gender ratio
Manufacturing	97	31.18	Male	227	72.99
Financial Services	89	28.61	Female	84	27.00
Energy and utilities	47	15.11
Leatherwear and chemicals	32	10.28
Food processing and services	25	08.03
Other	21	06.75
Experience	f	%
Less than 5	58	18.64
Between 5 and 15	166	53.37
More than 15	87	27.97

Note(s): ^aFirm size: number of employees

Source(s): Authors own creation