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Firm outcomes

Firm-outcome analyses relate aggregated firm-year MQ to operating performance and innovation using the shared public-firm analysis dataset.

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    panel[(Public-firm analysis dataset)]
    performance_code[[Firm-performance code]]
    innovation_code[[Innovation code]]
    performance_metrics[(Performance specifications CSV)]
    innovation_metrics[(Innovation specifications CSV)]
    roa[/ROA LaTeX table/]
    growth[/Sales-growth LaTeX table/]
    patents[/Patent-count LaTeX table/]
    cites[/Citation LaTeX table/]
    value[/Patent-value LaTeX table/]

    panel --> performance_code --> performance_metrics
    performance_metrics --> roa
    performance_metrics --> growth
    panel --> innovation_code --> innovation_metrics
    innovation_metrics --> patents
    innovation_metrics --> cites
    innovation_metrics --> value

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    class panel input
    class performance_code,innovation_code code
    class performance_metrics,innovation_metrics support
    class roa,growth,patents,cites,value tableOutput
Analysis Outcomes Current status
Firm performance ROA and sales growth Runnable; LaTeX formatting is preliminary
Innovation Patent counts, citations, and patent value Runnable; LaTeX formatting is preliminary