Table 5 Pearson’s r correlation coefficients of the sample ( n ₁  = 139)

x ₁

x ₂

x ₃

x ₄

y ₁

y ₂

Budget from recipient

x ₂

(r)

0.657^***

(P-value)

(0.000)

R&D staffs

x ₃

0.533^***

0.318^***

(0.000)

(0.000)

R&D period

x ₄

0.469^***

0.491^***

0.046

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.588)

Publications

y ₁

0.383^***

0.233^***

0.185^**

0.360^***

(0.000)

(0.006)

(0.029)

(0.000)

Patents

y ₂

0.199^**

0.261^***

0.163^*

0.125

0.325^***

(0.019)

(0.002)

(0.056)

(0.143)

(0.000)

Commercialization sales

y ₃

0.118

0.260^***

0.195^**

0.119

0.188^**

0.282^***

(0.165)

(0.002)

(0.022)

(0.163)

(0.027)

(0.001)