Research Article

Enterprise Financing Mode and Technological Innovation Behavior Selection: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of the World Bank’s Survey of Chinese Private Enterprises

Table 8

External financing method and technological innovation of enterprises.

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
ProductProcessProductProcessProductProcessProductProcessProductProcess

Bank loans0.1180.133
(3.96)(3.04)
Commercial credit0.06290.217
(1.61)(3.95)
Nonbank loans−0.03930.260
(−0.60)(2.37)
Equity financing−0.05830.151
Other loans: informal financing0.1490.0198
(1.40)(0.21)
Size0.1140.2240.1370.2570.1400.2560.1380.2440.5560.255
(3.55)(4.33)(4.35)(5.01)(4.45)(5.03)(4.39)(4.88)(4.92)(5.00)
Age−0.07830.179−0.09490.173−0.09300.158−0.07900.1490.5750.166
(−1.03)(1.64)(−1.25)(1.58)(−1.22)(1.46)(−1.05)(1.40)(5.11)(1.53)
Export status of the enterprise−0.297−0.137−0.323−0.153−0.344−0.154−0.346−0.1660.124−0.151
(−3.57)(−1.14)(−3.91)(−1.26)(−4.15)(−1.29)(−4.25)(−1.42)(0.48)(−1.26)
International certification0.2120.6310.2220.6520.1960.6310.2230.5750.5250.623
(2.41)(5.51)(2.53)(5.66)(2.22)(5.52)(2.55)(5.11)(2.23)(5.47)
Degree of informatization0.440−0.2670.552−0.1310.549−0.1190.547−0.2360.300−0.130
(1.85)(−0.78)(2.33)(−0.39)(2.32)(−0.35)(2.35)(−0.72)(0.44)(−0.39)
Industry characteristicYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Market environmentYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
N1,5541,2681,5551,2681,5521,2671,5901,3032961,266

Note. ∗, ∗∗, and ∗∗∗ indicate it is statistically significant at the levels of 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively.