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List of Figures
Overview:
Figure 1: Framework of the studies p. 10
Figure 2: Outline of the studies p. 13
Figure 3: Conceptual framework of the studies p. 34
Figure 4: Variables used to small KIBS firms according to the impact of innovations
on their turnover growth (Siikonen et al., 2011) p. 43
Article III:
Figure 1: Changes in case firms’ turnover from 2000 to 2009 p. 418
Figure 2: Case firms’ Return on Assets (%) from 2000 to 2009 p. 418
Figure 3: Number of personnel in case firms from 2000 to 2009 p. 419
Article IV:
Figure 1: Measurement of variables p. 402
List of Tables
Overview:
Table 1: Key concepts and abbreviations used in the studies p.14
Table 2: Politico-economic theories (alphabetically ordered), and their conceptions
of firms’ growth sources, triggers and barriers, expected growth paths and
differences in growth rates (Coates, 1999) p. 16
Article I:
Table 1: Characteristics of the data p. 125
Table 2: Logistic regression analysis of the factors influencing IPR intensity p. 133
Article II:
Table 1: Stepwise growth regression model p. 26
Table 2: Stepwise success regression model p. 27
Table 3: Discriminant analysis of combined growth and success p. 29
Table 4: Logistic regression analysis of combined growth and success p. 32
Article IV:
Table 1: The three levels of research data considered in the study p. 399
Table 2: National-level data: distribution of growth firms (n=567) among branches
of industry p. 399
Table 3: Sample characteristics of KIBS firms in Eastern Finland p. 401
Table 4: Summary statistics of the model of characteristics distinguishing between
services firms (including KIBS firms) and firms of other industries p. 405
Table 5: Variables positively associated with the probability of KIBS-firms being
classified in class I, i.e., increasing turnover by more than 25% in each of the three
preceding years (2003-2005) p. 406
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