Enhancing competitiveness through technology transfer and product quality: the mediation and moderation effects of location and asset value

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 4 Inter-correlations among study variables

Variable	Country	Business years	Employees	Asset value	Nature of business	Technology transfer	Competitiveness	Product quality
1. Country	–	0.266**	0.162*	0.350**	0.181**	0.626**	0.672**	0.487**
2. Business years		–	0.714**	0.614**	0.365**	0.433**	0.412**	0.317**
3. Employees			–	0.592**	0.255**	0.348**	0.378**	0.336**
4. Asset value				–	0.462**	0.351**	0.553**	0.294**
5. Nature of business					–	0.234**	0.308**	0.134*
6. Technology transfer						–	0.651**	0.624**
7. Competitiveness							–	0.671**
8. Product quality								–