A Systems View Across Time and Space
From: Beyond financial success: success goals of creative entrepreneurs
Firm type | Conventional | Creative | Mann–Whitney U | |||
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Mean | Std. dev | Mean | Std. dev | U statistics | Sig.* | |
Please rate key motives for your participation in the scheme | ||||||
Meeting demands by customers and suppliers | 3.98 | 1.17 | 3.48 | 1.27 | 2061.000 | 0.014 |
Taking new business opportunities | 4.37 | 0.94 | 3.75 | 1.16 | 1816.000 | 0.000 |
Improving economic performance | 4.47 | 0.81 | 3.73 | 1.17 | 1624.500 | 0.000 |
Please rate perceived impacts of the scheme on your firm | ||||||
Meeting demands by customers and suppliers | 4.07 | 0.99 | 3.41 | 1.24 | 1883.000 | 0.002 |
Taking new business opportunities | 4.01 | 0.94 | 3.11 | 1.20 | 1553.000 | 0.000 |
Improving economic performance | 3.85 | 0.91 | 3.30 | 1.09 | 1996.000 | 0.007 |