Table 10
Discrete effect of variables for covariate changes from value at 50th percentile to 75th percentile

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Discrete effect of variables for covariate changes from value at 50th percentile to 75th percentile
Variables Increase in probability
  percent
Plant size (average over the previous 3 years) 4.890
Plant knowledge intensity 44.377
Plant age for younger plants 11.520
Plant number of products 2.734
Change in plant knowledge intensity (from previous year) 0.103
Change in plant size (from previous year) 0.300
Change in plant wage rate (from previous year) -0.937
Change in plant profit rate (from previous year) -0.046
Industry number of plants -14.127
Industry relative plant size 0.676
Industry relative knowledge intensity 3.669
Industry relative wage rate 4.692
Industry relative profit rate 6.655
Foreign binary variable 1 85.460
Unrelated plant binary variable 2 127.730
1.
Binary variable taking a value of 1 for foreign plants and 0 for domestic plants.
2.
Binary variable to capture related or unrelated merger/acquisition. It takes on value of 1 if the acquired plant whose primary activity is in another industry, and 0 otherwise.
Source(s):
Longitudinal Manufacturing Research Database, Statistics Canada.