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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Motives for participation and perceived impacts of the scheme

From: Beyond financial success: success goals of creative entrepreneurs

Firm type

Conventional

Creative

Mann–Whitney U

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

  1. Conventional firms N = 123; creative firms N = 44. *Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed)
  2. Please indicate the level of agreement with each statement on a scale: 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree