Table 1.

Results of in-depth interviews for identifying potential antecedents

	Factors	N (%)
1	Government support	30 (37.0 %)
2	Innovation effort	22 (27.2 %)
3	Private equity and support services	12 (14.8 %)
4	Merger and acquisition	7 (8.6 %)
5	Product and service diversification	4 (4.9 %)
6	Etc.	6 (7.4 %)
Total		81 responses from 20 managersa

^aMultiple responses were allowed