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Table 1 Innovative performance, dominance and growth

From: Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm levelDen Weizen von der Spreu trennen – Altersbezogene Personalpolitik und Innovationen auf der Betriebsebene

Frequency distribution

ΔE≥0

ΔE<0

Total

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

D− (dominated firms)

148

50.9

141

48.1

289

49.4

D+ (dominant firms)

160

49.1

136

51.9

296

50.6

Total

308

100

277

100

585

100

 

ΔE≥0

ΔE<0

D+

D

All firms

Innovation (% of turnover)

8.7

8.2

8.2

8.8

8.5

Employment growth (%)

+23.3

−10.7

+1.6

+13.0

7.5

N

308

277

296

289

585

  1. Notes: Pooled results for the years 2000 and 2003. Dominance determined based on industry-adjusted wage residuals based on the wage regression displayed in Table A.3. Source: Elaborated for this study based on LIAB data