A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Thomas Köllen, Regine Bendl and Sabine Steinbacher
The perceived climate for gay and lesbian entrepreneurs was measured by the question “How do you
estimate the climate for gay and lesbian entrepreneurs in your city?”. Response items ranged from 1
= “very positive” to 8 “very negative”.
The location of the business in a gay or lesbian district was assessed by the question “Is your
business located in a lesbian/gay district” and it could be answered with yes (1) or no (0)
For testing hypothesis 1, 2 and 5 regression analyses were conducted. Hypothesis 3 and 4 were
tested by use of correlation analyses.
3.3 Findings
As already mentioned above, regression analyses and correlation analyses were used to test our
hypotheses. The following Table 1 presents the descriptive statistics and correlations of our data:
Table 1: Correlations
Experi
enced
Discrim
ination
(ED)
Self-
Employ
ment to
support
LGB
Comm
unity
(PR1)
Sector
Choice
becaus
e of
Homos
exualit
y
(SCH)
LGB
Custo
mers
(CR1)
LGB
Supplie
rs
(CR2)
LGB
Events
(CR3)
LGB
Self-
Declar
ation
(CR4)
LGB
Investo
rs
Me
an
3,5
9
3,3
8
2,5
9
Std.
Dev.
,777
,955
ED PR1 SCH CR1 CR2 CR
3
,469
**
N =
90
,536
**
,528*
*
,669 90 90
-
,154
-
,230*
-
,238*
,36 ,482 81 81 81
-
,076
-,153 -,131
,486*
*
,15 ,357 81 81 81 81
-
,258
*
-
,325*
*
-
,355*
*
,346*
*
,442
**
,33 ,474 81 81 81 81 81
-
,009
-
,385*
*
-,212
,375*
*
,291
**
,40
4**
,16 ,369 81 81 81 81 81 81
-
,352
**
-
,242*
-
,449*
*
,184
-
,022
(CR5) ,10 ,300 81 81 81 81 81 81 81
Busine
ss in
LGB
District
(DIS)
1,8
5
,114 ,001 ,070 -,179
-
,020
,11
7
-
,06
7
CR
4
,08
1
-
,18
0
CR
5
-
,30
0**
,391 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81
398
DIS CS1 CS2 CS3 AC
R
PR
2