Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities

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Table 1 Data sheet of the PLS-SEM field and fs/QCA fieldwork

Target population (universe)	Spanish companies with 50 or more workers belonging to any sector except public administration, the agricultural sector, fishing, activities of households and extraterritorial bodies^a
Geographical scope	The entire national territory/Spanish national territory
Analysis unit/sampling unit	The company
Population census^b	22,013
Sample size/response rate (PLS-SEM)	112 valid surveys/7.18%
Sampling procedure	Simple random sampling without replacement
Confidence level	95%; z = 1.96; p = q = 0.50; α = 0.05
Sampling error	9.24%
Key informant	CEO, head of training and/or human resources director
Date of fieldwork/data collection	Between May and December 2014
Sample size (fs/QCA)	Random group of 25 cases from the data set

^aThe excluded economic sectors/activities correspond to the national classification of economic activities (CNAE) 2009 and Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE) Rev. 2 sections: (A) agriculture, livestock breeding, forestry and fishing; (O) public administration and defense, compulsory social security; (T) activities of households, such as employers of domestic staff, activities of households, such as producers of goods and services for one’s own use; and (U) activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
^b Source: DIRCE 2014 (Central Companies Directory, Jan 1, 2014)