Table 2
Regression Analysis Predicting Firm Performance as Function of Initial Networks (N = 56)
 
Sales Growth in 1998
Profit
Margin 1998
Return on
Assets 1998
Average Sales Growth
 
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Model 6
Model 7
Industry Dummies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Banking
-0.14
(0.23)
-0.22
(0.22)
-0.07
(0.20)
-0.27
(0.20)
-0.56
(0.58)
-0.12
(0.70)
-0.15
(0.15)
 Trade
-0.15
(0.20)
-0.28
(0.21)
-0.17
(0.19)
-0.41
(0.17)
-0.14
(0.56)
-0.18
(0.67)
-0.16
(0.14)
 Manufacturing
-0.03
(0.21)
-0.18
(0.21)
0.08
(0.19)
-0.16
(0.18)
-0.17
(0.56)
-0.34
(0.68)
0.03
(0.14)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Small
-0.03
(0.14)
0.09
(0.15)
-0.02
(0.14)
 
-0.65
(0.40)
-0.64
(0.47)
0.11
(0.10)
 Large
0.29
(0.14)
0.20
(0.14)
0.17
(0.14)
 
-0.12
(0.38)
0.01
(0.46)
0.08
(0.11)
New Venture Dummy
0.22
(0.13)
0.22
(0.12)
0.23
(0.12)
0.26
(0.11)
0.46
(0.33)
0.37
(0.39)
0.19
(0.09)
Region Dummies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Moscow
-0.09
(0.15)
 
 
-0.01
(0.14)
 
 
 
 Ekaterinburg
0.30
(0.17)
 
 
0.31
(0.15)
 
 
 
Independent Variables
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weak ties
 
0.02*
 
0.01*
0.05*
0.06*
 
 
 
(0.01)
 
(0.00)
(0.02)
(0.03)
 
Resources mobilized 95
 
 
0.35¶
(0.12)
0.37¶
(0.11)
 
 
0.26¶
(0.09)
Model F
1.65
1.61
2.11*
3.50¶
1.84
1.90
1.97*
R2
0.23
0.20
0.25
0.39
0.23
0.23
0.17

Values represent unstandardized coefficients; standard errors are in parentheses.
* p < .05
p < .01