How Does Foreign Equity Right Impact Manufacturing Enterprise Innovation Behaviors? Mediation Test Based on Technology Introduction

Table 1

Variable definition.

Type of variable	Variable name	Description of variable	Corresponding questions of questionnaire	Assignment of corresponding answers
Explained variable	Innovation behaviors (innovation behaviors)	Whether there are new products or services	CNo1	“Yes” = 1; “No” = 0
Explanatory variable	FER (FER)	Whether the enterprise owns foreign equity	B2b	“Yes” = 1; “No” = 0
Mediating variable	Technology introduction (technology)	Whether the technology is imported from abroad	E6	“Yes” = 1; “No” = 0
Controlled variable	Enterprise size (labor)	Staff size	L1	Set as a percentage of the number of employees
	Enterprise age (year)	Year of business operation	B5	Set as 2012 minus the “year the business started” plus 1 year
	Educational background of employee (education)	Proportion of employees with above secondary school education	L9b	Set as percentage
	International certification (certification)	Whether there is international quality certification	B8	“Yes” = 1; “No” = 0
	Degree of informatization (informatization)	Degree of enterprise informatization	CNo8	“Yes” = 1; “No” = 0
	Industrial characteristics (industry)	Industry dummy variable	A4	Classified according to the standard for OECD technology intensity, with 4 industries in total and 3 industry dummy variables