Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for the surveyed 241 new technology-based firms started in 2013, Sweden
| Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Sample and response rate (number of firms) | |
| N (population) | 1290 |
| n (response) | 241 |
| No response | 1049 |
| Response rate (%) | 18,7% |
| Sweden | ||
|---|---|---|
| Non-response analysis based on the difference between respondents and non-respondents | ||
| Accounting data for sampling year of 2014 | ||
| Employeesa | Respondents | 1.95 |
| Non-respondents | 1.24 | |
| p value | 0.391(n.s.) | |
| Salesb | Response | 240.37 |
| Non-respondents | 160.53 | |
| p value | 0.620 (n.s.) | |
| Assetsb | Response | 152.20 |
| Non-respondents | 89.28 | |
| p value | 0.674 (n.s.) | |
| NACE revision with two codes | Number of firms | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Industry sector and innovation performance (responding firms), year 2016 | ||
| High-tech manufacturing | 15 | 4.5 |
| Medium high-tech manufacturing | 21 | 8.5 |
| High-tech Knowledge intensive | 205 | 87.0 |
| Sum | 241 | 100.0 |
| Innovation performance—patentc | Mean | Std |
|---|---|---|
| High-tech manufacturin | 0.47 | 1.13 |
| Medium high-tech manufacturing | 0.24 | 0.63 |
| High-tech Knowledge intensive | 0.12 | 1.00 |
aNumber of employees
b1000 Euro
cNumber