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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the whole sample (n = 2076)

From: Differences in technology innovation R&D performance creation behavior between for-profit institutions and not-for-profit institutions

Variable	Name	Type	Unit and count (%)	Mean	SD	CoefVar	Median	Max	Skewness
R&D budget	X1	Continuous	(USD$ 10⁶)	2.00	2.40	1.20	1.25	27.00	2.90
R&D period	X2	Continuous	(Years)	3.16	1.73	0.55	3.00	9.84	1.00
R&D workforce	X3	Continuous	(Man-Years)	20.66	20.34	0.98	15.00	119.00	1.85
Patent registration	Y1	Continuous		2.00	4.47	2.24	0.00	39.00	4.04
Sales	Y2	Continuous	(USD$ 10⁶)	2.82	13.28	4.71	0.00	142.32	7.36
New employment	Y3	Continuous		3.41	11.60	3.40	0.00	115.00	6.03
Institution type	T1	Multinomial
		L^a	365 (17.58 %)
		U^b	151 (7.27 %)
		R^c	288 (13.87 %)
		S^d	1272 (61.27 %)
		Total	2076 (100.00 %)
R&D collaboration type	T2	Multinomial
		Sg^e	207 (9.97 %)
		Cs^f	566 (27.26 %)
		Cd^g	1303 (62.76 %)
		Total	2076 (100.00 %)
Binary conversion of Y1	B1	Binary		0.44
		0	1171 (56.41 %)
		1	905 (43.59 %)
		Total	2076 (100.00 %)
Binary conversion of Y2	B2	Binary		0.39
		0	1258 (60.60 %)
		1	818 (39.40 %)
		Total	2076 (100.00 %)
Binary conversion of Y3	B3	Binary		0.27
		0	1516 (73.03 %)
		1	560 (26.97 %)
		Total	2076 (100.00 %)

^a L large company
^b U University
^c R Research laboratory
^d S SME
^e Sg single institution R&D
^f Cs R&D collaboration with the same type institution
^g Cd R&D collaboration with the different type institution

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