Table 1 Sample characteristics Firm age...

Table 1

Sample characteristics

	Firm age	RIE¹ (years)	FIE² (years)	Firm size³	FSTS⁴	ID⁵	TI⁶
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Freq.
Entrepreneurs (Control group) N = 50	12.4	0.56	9.4	13.1	19.2	6.2	1 = 80% 2 = 16% 3 = 4%
Entrepreneurs (Experimental group) N = 50	12.8	0.22	9.8	11.1	19.6	6	1 = 86% 2 = 8% 3 = 6%
Managers (Control group) N = 50	37.3	0.42	27.4	532.6	42.2	21.2	1 = 76% 2 = 20% 3 = 4%
Managers (Experimental group) N = 50	32.5	0.62	24.3	643.2	36.9	21.5	1 = 72% 2 = 24% 3 = 4%

	Firm age	RIE¹ (years)	FIE² (years)	Firm size³	FSTS⁴	ID⁵	TI⁶
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Freq.
Entrepreneurs (Control group)N = 50	12.4	0.56	9.4	13.1	19.2	6.2	1 = 80%2 = 16%3 = 4%
Entrepreneurs (Experimental group)N = 50	12.8	0.22	9.8	11.1	19.6	6	1 = 86%2 = 8%3 = 6%
Managers (Control group)N = 50	37.3	0.42	27.4	532.6	42.2	21.2	1 = 76%2 = 20%3 = 4%
Managers (Experimental group)N = 50	32.5	0.62	24.3	643.2	36.9	21.5	1 = 72%2 = 24%3 = 4%

Note(s): ¹Respondent’s international experience (years)

²Firm’s international experience (years)

³Firm size (number of employees)

⁴FSTS = Foreign sales to total sales (%). We recorded data into numerical values that represent the midpoints of each range to compare it by mean values: (0–24%), (25–50%), (51–75%), (76–100%)

⁵International diversification (number of foreign markets)

⁶Industry’s technological intensity (Low and medium-low = 1; Medium-high = 2; High = 3)

Source(s): Own elaboration

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