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Table 1 Sample distribution

From: R&D spending, strategic position and firm performance

Industry

No. of Firms

Percentage

Panel A: Industry Distribution

 Food and beverage

102

6.77%

 Textile, clothes and fur

68

4.52%

 Timber and furniture

17

1.13%

 Paper making and printing

36

2.39%

 Petroleum, chemistry, rubber and plastic

230

15.27%

 Electronics

139

9.23%

 Metal and non-metal

194

12.88%

 Machinery, equipment and instrument

555

36.85%

 Medicine and biological products

154

10.23%

 Other manufacturing

11

0.73%

 Total

1506

100%

Panel B: Yearly Distribution

Year

No. of firm-year obs.

Percentage

 2009

630

7.51%

 2010

712

8.49%

 2011

916

10.92%

 2012

1078

12.85%

 2013

1172

13.98%

 2014

1211

14.44%

 2015

1272

15.17%

 2016

1395

16.63%

 Total

8386

100%

  1. Notes. Panel A shows the distribution of sample firms across industries according to the Industry Classifying Index Code of Listed Companies released by the China Security Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Panel B shows the distribution of firm-year observations across years