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Table 1
Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression results (dependent variable is firm RevenueGrowth)

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Independent variable Estimated coefficients
Source of funds
Angel capital 0.11971
Government capital 0.016
Venture capital 0.10122
Conventional capital 0.47511
Initial public offering (IPO) 0.0979
Alliance capital 0.0753
Total capital raised in FY99 0.03732
Public 1.12552
Stage of biotechnology product or process
Research and Development (R&D) 0.2219
Pre-clinical 0.26471
Regulatory 0.24121
Market/production 0.34661
1. Statistically significant at 10% level.
2. Statistically significant at 5% level.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Biotechnology Use and Development Survey, 1999 and 2001, and author's calculations.
Table source: Statistics Canada, Innovation Analysis Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 9, no. 2, Catalogue no. 88-003-XWE.