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Table 2 Definition of Variables

From: The effect of service innovation on R&D activities and government support systems: the moderating role of government support systems in Korea

Variables

Variable measurement

Dependent variables

R&D

activity

Internal R&D

X1

Whether companies have carried out R&D activities from 2009 to 2011.

Cooperate R&D

X2

External R&D

X3

Independent variables

Product innovation performance

Achieving product innovation performance

Y

Whether companies have achieved product innovation performance from 2009 to 2011.

Moderator variable

Government support

Direct financial support

M1

Whether companies have received government’s finance supports including tax reduction from 2009 to 2011.

Program

Indirectly providing innovation opportunity

M2

Whether companies have received government’s indirect support to provide opportunity innovation from 2009 to 2011.

Indirectly support for diffusing the results of innovation

M3

Whether companies have received government’s support programs for marketing and public procurement from 2009 to 2011.

Control variable

R&D workforce size

C

Size of R&D workforce in 2011