1. Table 2: Spearman correlation coefficients and significance level (in brackets) between the four clinical scales score and kinematic parameters, evaluated post-treatment.
2. ! The! third! and! fourth! column! shows! the! influence! of! controlling! for! additional!growth!lags.!Finally,!the!fifth!column!repeats!the!acquisition!analysis,! this! time! using! the! logs! of! acquisition! value! (Acq! value)! reported! in! COMPUSTAT! for! both! periods;! this! measure! applies! to! the! post! Y1980! period! only 19
3. ! ! The!effects!of!including!additional!lags!lend!further!evidence! to! confirm! that! preY1980! growth! is! more! predictable! and,! at! best,! unrelated! to! investment! in! R&D.! ! However,! although! postY1980! growth! is! generally! more! erratic! and! less! persistent,! top! policy.! We! find! that! it! is! a! very! transient! process! of! particular! firms50%! of! the! time! lasting! for! 2! years! or! less,! and! that! it! is! not! homogeneous,! but! instead! includes! different! types! of! firms,! both! small! and! large,! and! with! both! high!and!low!R&D!intensities.!We!find!that! fast! growing! firms! gain! increased! performance! from! investing! more! intensely! in!R&D,!but!can! relatively! weak! (high! concentration,! market! share! stability! and! relatively! stable! industry! investment! in! R&D);! the! preY1980! period! when! we! add! a! third! lagged! growth! variable,! the! results! in! Table! 8! show! that! R&D! intensity! and! R&D! scale! become! insignificant! and! the! size! of! the! coefficients! reduce! dramatically