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Table 3 Moderating effects of hybrid change agents (OLS regression)

From: How do apprentices moderate the influence of organizational innovation on the technological innovation process?

 

Product innovation

Process innovation

Patents

Sales of improved products

Sales of new products

Training Firm (TF)

0.038

0.011

0.056***

0.449

0.285

Innovation in the firm’s business processes (IBP)

− 0.004

0.306***

− 0.048

− 2.362

0.657

Innovation in the firm’s organization of work (IOW)

0.063

− 0.052

− 0.003

3.779**

1.217

Innovation in the firm’s external relations (IER)

0.025

0.008

0.032

0.317

2.430

IBP * TF

0.068

− 0.090

0.144***

5.443**

0.399

IOW * TF

− 0.004

0.197***

− 0.058

− 3.256

− 0.300

IER * TF

0.073

0.009

− 0.031

1.973

− 2.619

N

1240

1240

1240

1240

1240

Adjusted R2

0.199

0.203

0.218

0.113

0.096

  1. Training Firm (TF); Innovation in the firm’s business processes (IBP); Innovation in the firm’s organization of work (IOW); Innovation in the firm’s external relations (IER). Control variables are: Firm size, workforce educational background, competition intensity, price and non-price competition, export orientation, demand expectations, technological potential of the industry, sector, region
  2. *p < 0.1
  3. **p < 0.05
  4. ***p < 0.01