Research Article
IT Usage and Innovation Performance of SMEs in China: A New Perspective
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of variables.
| Variable name | Indicator name | Mean | Std. dev. | Min. | Max. | VIF |
| Innovation performance of SMEs | IP | 7.016 | 7.715 | 0 | 21.822 | — | IT usage width | ITW | 4.292 | 1.410 | 0 | 5 | 2.35 | IT usage frequency | ITF | 3.234 | 1.181 | 1 | 5 | 2.41 | Human capital quality | Human | 10.125 | 1.903 | 1 | 18 | 1.06 | Manufacturing flexibility | Flexibility | 0.638 | 0.481 | 0 | 1 | 1.33 | Firm size | Size | 4.270 | 1.082 | 1.609 | 6.856 | 1.32 | Firm age | Age | 2.502 | 0.452 | 0 | 4.836 | 1.17 | State-owned enterprise | State | 3.641 | 17.369 | 0 | 95 | 1.29 | R&D investment | R&D | 0.432 | 0.496 | 0 | 1 | 1.27 | Technology introduction | Technology | 0.239 | 0.427 | 0 | 1 | 1.18 | International quality certification | Certification | 0.702 | 0.458 | 0 | 1 | 1.28 | Export intensity | Export | 13.608 | 26.283 | 0 | 100 | 1.09 | Financing constraint | Financing | 0.832 | 0.880 | 0 | 4 | 1.08 | Business–government relations | Relation | 1.236 | 2.829 | 0 | 35 | 1.07 | Gender of the top manager | Gender | 0.915 | 0.280 | 0 | 1 | 1.03 | Management experience of the top manager | Experience | 17.053 | 7.515 | 1 | 47 | 1.23 |
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