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Table 4 Correlation coefficient

From: Near is more: learning efficiency in research and development innovation among interlocking firms

VARIABLE

RD1

CoRD1

KmRD1

RD2

CoRD2

KmRD2

RD_ind1

RD_ind2

Size

ROA

LEV

SOE

BM

Div

Ad

HHI

Sales_g

Cash

RD1

1.00

                 

CoRD1

0.19

1.00

                

KmRD1

0.05

0.24

1.00

               

RD2

0.84

0.17

0.03

1.00

              

CoRD2

0.14

0.85

0.20

0.14

1.00

             

KmRD2

0.05

0.21

0.94

0.02

0.24

1.00

            

RD_ind1

0.46

0.11

− 0.01

0.49

0.07

− 0.02

1.00

           

RD_ind2

0.47

0.14

0.01

0.51

0.11

0.01

0.96

1.00

          

Size

− 0.19

− 0.05

0.08

− 0.24

− 0.05

0.09

− 0.15

− 0.14

1.00

         

ROA

0.17

0.08

0.04

0.13

0.08

0.03

0.04

0.04

− 0.01

1.00

        

LEV

− 0.23

− 0.13

− 0.01

− 0.31

− 0.15

− 0.01

− 0.12

− 0.14

0.48

− 0.41

1.00

       

SOE

− 0.13

− 0.11

− 0.03

− 0.19

− 0.12

− 0.04

− 0.06

− 0.08

0.31

− 0.14

0.34

1.00

      

BM

− 0.01

− 0.02

− 0.02

− 0.01

− 0.06

− 0.03

0.04

− 0.02

0.24

− 0.07

0.01

− 0.02

1.00

     

Div

0.03

− 0.01

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.05

0.12

0.01

0.01

− 0.06

1.00

    

Ad

0.04

0.01

0.05

− 0.02

0.01

0.04

− 0.06

− 0.05

0.01

0.24

− 0.11

− 0.06

− 0.12

0.02

1.00

   

HHI

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.01

− 0.03

− 0.03

− 0.06

− 0.03

0.05

− 0.01

− 0.01

0.03

0.03

0.01

− 0.03

1.00

  

Sales_g

− 0.02

− 0.01

0.01

− 0.05

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.10

0.14

0.07

− 0.03

− 0.01

0.01

0.04

0.01

1.00

 

Cash

− 0.05

− 0.02

0.01

− 0.06

0.01

0.01

− 0.04

− 0.03

0.12

0.13

0.04

− 0.2

− 0.01

0.02

0.03

− 0.01

0.43

1.00

  1. This table presents the Pearson correlations for the sample observations for all the main variables used. The bold font represents statistical significance at the 5% level