Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients
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| Variables | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| (1) International business growth | 0.04 | 0.629 | −2.367 | 2.398 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| (2) Degree of internationalization (DOI) | 0.475 | 0.236 | 0 | 0.914 | −0.197* | 1.000 | ||||||||
| (3) DOI (squared) | 0.009 | 0.016 | 0 | 0.107 | 0.547* | −0.100* | 1.000 | |||||||
| (4) Institutional Distance | 24.153 | 17.504 | 0 | 104.051 | −0.161* | 0.719* | −0.076 | 1.000 | ||||||
| (5) Concentration of client nationality | 0.38 | 0.198 | 0.111 | 1 | 0.039 | −0.234* | −0.087 | −0.423* | 1.000 | |||||
| (6) Foreign client transaction structure | 0.345 | 0.21 | 0.081 | 1 | 0.198* | −0.560* | 0.089 | −0.446* | 0.316* | 1.000 | ||||
| (7) Domestic client transaction structure | 0.163 | 0.143 | 0.022 | 0.799 | 0.057 | 0.074 | 0.006 | −0.254* | 0.189* | 0.152* | 1.000 | |||
| (8) Concentration in technology area | 0.046 | 0.045 | 0.011 | 0.423 | 0.110* | −0.143* | 0.012 | −0.316* | 0.113* | 0.219* | 0.456* | 1.000 | ||
| (9) Number of patent claims per application | 7.756 | 1.772 | 3.901 | 18.81 | 0.061 | 0.317* | 0.114* | 0.112* | 0.148* | −0.043 | 0.153* | 0.135* | 1.000 | |
| (10) Number of pages per application | 19.712 | 6.072 | 9.976 | 51.813 | 0.004 | 0.399* | −0.005 | 0.275* | −0.103* | −0.304* | −0.057 | 0.155* | 0.285* | 1.000 |
| (11) Patent registration rate | 0.45 | 0.085 | 0.226 | 0.706 | −0.035 | 0.012 | 0.026 | 0.062 | −0.145* | 0.015 | −0.112* | −0.124* | 0.108* | −0.060 |
| (12) Number of patent attoneys | 3.093 | 0.651 | 1.386 | 4.543 | 0.005 | 0.425* | 0.110* | 0.675* | −0.229* | −0.267* | −0.346* | −0.367* | 0.088 | 0.217* |
| (13) Turnover rate | 0.119 | 0.145 | 0 | 1 | −0.204* | −0.178* | −0.058 | −0.177* | 0.103* | 0.082 | −0.037 | 0.029 | −0.093 | −0.100* |
| (14) Organizational age | 3.502 | 0.671 | 0.693 | 4.779 | −0.078 | 0.372* | −0.048 | 0.509* | −0.226* | −0.244* | −0.122* | −0.386* | 0.051 | 0.035 |
| (15) Domestic and foreign technological distance | 0.313 | 0.207 | −0.018 | 0.883 | −0.058 | 0.388* | −0.006 | 0.541* | −0.260* | −0.227* | −0.155* | −0.151* | 0.091 | 0.212* |
| Pairwise correlations | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| (1) International business growth | 0.04 | 0.629 | −2.367 | 2.398 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| (2) Degree of internationalization (DOI) | 0.475 | 0.236 | 0 | 0.914 | −0.197* | 1.000 | ||||||||
| (3) DOI (squared) | 0.009 | 0.016 | 0 | 0.107 | 0.547* | −0.100* | 1.000 | |||||||
| (4) Institutional Distance | 24.153 | 17.504 | 0 | 104.051 | −0.161* | 0.719* | −0.076 | 1.000 | ||||||
| (5) Concentration of client nationality | 0.38 | 0.198 | 0.111 | 1 | 0.039 | −0.234* | −0.087 | −0.423* | 1.000 | |||||
| (6) Foreign client transaction structure | 0.345 | 0.21 | 0.081 | 1 | 0.198* | −0.560* | 0.089 | −0.446* | 0.316* | 1.000 | ||||
| (7) Domestic client transaction structure | 0.163 | 0.143 | 0.022 | 0.799 | 0.057 | 0.074 | 0.006 | −0.254* | 0.189* | 0.152* | 1.000 | |||
| (8) Concentration in technology area | 0.046 | 0.045 | 0.011 | 0.423 | 0.110* | −0.143* | 0.012 | −0.316* | 0.113* | 0.219* | 0.456* | 1.000 | ||
| (9) Number of patent claims per application | 7.756 | 1.772 | 3.901 | 18.81 | 0.061 | 0.317* | 0.114* | 0.112* | 0.148* | −0.043 | 0.153* | 0.135* | 1.000 | |
| (10) Number of pages per application | 19.712 | 6.072 | 9.976 | 51.813 | 0.004 | 0.399* | −0.005 | 0.275* | −0.103* | −0.304* | −0.057 | 0.155* | 0.285* | 1.000 |
| (11) Patent registration rate | 0.45 | 0.085 | 0.226 | 0.706 | −0.035 | 0.012 | 0.026 | 0.062 | −0.145* | 0.015 | −0.112* | −0.124* | 0.108* | −0.060 |
| (12) Number of patent attoneys | 3.093 | 0.651 | 1.386 | 4.543 | 0.005 | 0.425* | 0.110* | 0.675* | −0.229* | −0.267* | −0.346* | −0.367* | 0.088 | 0.217* |
| (13) Turnover rate | 0.119 | 0.145 | 0 | 1 | −0.204* | −0.178* | −0.058 | −0.177* | 0.103* | 0.082 | −0.037 | 0.029 | −0.093 | −0.100* |
| (14) Organizational age | 3.502 | 0.671 | 0.693 | 4.779 | −0.078 | 0.372* | −0.048 | 0.509* | −0.226* | −0.244* | −0.122* | −0.386* | 0.051 | 0.035 |
| (15) Domestic and foreign technological distance | 0.313 | 0.207 | −0.018 | 0.883 | −0.058 | 0.388* | −0.006 | 0.541* | −0.260* | −0.227* | −0.155* | −0.151* | 0.091 | 0.212* |
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| (11) | 1.000 | |||
| (12) | 0.153* | 1.000 | ||
| (13) | −0.084 | −0.163* | 1.000 | |
| (14) | 0.246* | 0.366* | −0.207* | 1.000 |
| (15) | 0.050 | 0.506* | −0.144* | 0.286* |
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| (11) | 1.000 | |||
| (12) | 0.153* | 1.000 | ||
| (13) | −0.084 | −0.163* | 1.000 | |
| (14) | 0.246* | 0.366* | −0.207* | 1.000 |
| (15) | 0.050 | 0.506* | −0.144* | 0.286* |
Source(s): Authors’ work
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