Table 4.

The results of the regression analyses.

Dependent variable		Innovative opportunity		Imitative opportunity		Non-linear DM	Linear DM
		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
Control variables	Entrepreneurial experience	0.138	0.143**	0.157	0.088	0.168**	0.220
	Industry category	0.156**	0.094	0.116**	0.066*	0.083	0.101
	Firm age	−0.231	−0.412*	0.173	0.201*	−0.019	−0.326**
	Firm size	0.054**	0.134	0.251**	0.313	−0.056	−0.076
Independent variables	Heterogeneous network	0.613**		0.398		0.478**	0.411
	Homogeneous network	0.423		0.508**		0.375	0.605**
	Non-linear DM		0.566**		0.533
	Linear DM		0.425		0.606**
	R-squared	0.467	0.467	0.438	0.546	0.523	0.385
	F value	8.66	8.66	9.05	7.47	8.55	6.76
	Sig. (F)	0.003	0.003	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

^{* and **}denote significance at the 5 and 1% levels, respectively.