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Table 4 Determinants of process innovation

From: The impact of competition with China in the US market on innovation in Mexican manufacturing firms

Independent variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

% of US imports from China

0.0782 (− 2.63)**

0.0515 (− 3.02)**

0.0401 (− 2.96)**

% of US imports from China squared

3.7434 (0.7)

12.5283 (1.31)

72.5646 (2.07)*

Internal competition measure

15.3271 (2.82)**

15.5551 (2.56)**

Internal competition measure squared

0.0213 (− 3.20)**

0.04 (− 2.43)*

Firm with 100% foreign capital

0.6916 (− 1.60)

Firm with mixed capital

0.7083 (− 1.20)

Exporting firm

1.5996 (3.09)**

Outsourcing firm

0.9282 (− 0.23)

Firm within a corporation

1.5005 (2.66)**

Size

1.0000 (0.82)

Firm with R&D area

19.2848 (21.04)**

Industry fixed effects

No

No

No

Pseudo R squared

0.0153

0.0199

0.2026

Prob > χ2

0

0

0

Number of observations

6378

6378

6378

  1. Each estimation is from a separate logistic regression
  2. t values are included in parenthesis
  3. * Significant at a 5% level
  4. ** Significant at a 1% level