The Impacts of Different Expansion Modes on Performance of Small Solar Energy Firms: Perspectives of Absorptive Capacity

Table 3

Characteristics of networks under different expansion modes.

Different modes of expansion and Different characteristics of networks	Differentiated products	Diversified products	𝐹 (or 𝐾)
Dynamic characteristics (cluster mean)	1.86^a (2)^b	3.65 (1)	11.23^c 𝑃<0.043
Passive innovation (cluster mean)	2.89 (2)	1.91 (1)	15.26 𝑃<0.032
Incremental innovation (cluster mean)	3.48 (2)	2.48 (1)	10.31 𝑃<0.045
Modular product (cluster mean)	2.89 (2)	1.43 (1)	10.24 𝑃<0.046
Adaptive characteristics (cluster mean)	3.36	2.96	2.62 𝑃<0.0125
Systematic-oriented integration (cluster mean)	3.25 (2)	2.14 (1)	8.36 𝑃<0.072
Radical innovation (cluster mean)	1.34 (2)	4.13 (1)	13.31 𝑃<0.034
Inside-out characteristics (cluster mean)	1.83	3.51	5.22 𝑃<0.096
Program-oriented characteristics (cluster mean)	1.28	2.21	4.25 𝑃<0.099
Short-term profit (cluster mean)	3.93 (2)	2.27 (1)	13.14 𝑃<0.035
Enabling energy (cluster mean)	1.97	2.34	3.98 𝑃<0.0117
Organization created by value (cluster mean)	1.89 (2)	3.29 (1)	9.36 𝑃<0.053

Note: amean based on 5-point Likert scale comparing the data collected in the end of 2012.
Note: bnumbers in parentheses indicate the cluster groups from which this cluster is significantly different at 𝛼=0.05 according to the Bonferroni, posthoc pairwise comparison procedures.
Note: ^c𝐹 and corresponding 𝑃 values based on MANOVA test.