Performance dimensions / indicators	Explanatory variables (firms' strategic responses)					Control variables		Pseudo-R2
	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Size	Locational factor
Size
Employment	1.199** (0.579)	0.329 (0.652)	-0.428 (0.586)	1.376* (0.819)	0.201 (0.667)	1.240*** (0.275)	-0.038 (0.606)	0.168
Market share	0.850 (0.920)	0.688 (0.825)	-0.948 (0.759)	1.395* (0.742)	-0.098 (0.891)	1.082*** (0.283)	-0.357 (0.726)	0.157
Sales	1.408** (0.651)	-0.053 (0.655)	-0.204 (0.665)	1.815*** (0.668)	0.209 (1.041)	1.129*** (0.342)	-0.909 (0.725)	0.148
Exports	-0.020 (0.724)	0.786 (0.786)	-0.602 (0.741)	-0.287 (0.630)	0.113 (1.003)	0.412 (0.257)	0.995 (0.717)	0.062
Resources and competences
Product quality	3.213*** (0.815)	-0.960 (0.841)	-0.746 (0.652)	-0.871 (0.844)	-0.076 (0.900)	0.623** (0.306)	-1.518* (0.813)	0.192
Customers satisfaction	1.257 (0.900)	0.371 (0.834)	0.030 (0.676)	-0.211 (0.707)	0.300 (1.019)	0.386 (0.258)	0.638 (0.790)	0.087
Employees’ motivation	0.461 (0.770)	0.420 (0.700)	-0.191 (0.920)	0.470 (0.862)	0.432 (1.302)	0.648*** (0.238)	-0.077 (0.751)	0.070
Competences upgrade	2.620*** (0.858)	-0.808 (0.751)	0.411 (0.688)	1.951** (0.938)	0.356 (0.691)	1.016*** (0.362)	-0.638 (0.801)	0.217
Innovation	1.368* (0.753)	0.143 (0.813)	0.237 (0.646)	0.858 (0.875)	-0.240 (0.726)	0.902*** (0.337)	-0.292 (0.689)	0.126
Wages	1.041 (0.804)	0.283 (0.704)	-1.030 (0.819)	1.069 (0.873)	0.225 (0.943)	0.648** (0.283)	0.978 (0.655)	0.134
Efficiency
Productivity	1.018 (0.667)	-0.099 (0.709)	-0.069 (0.626)	1.507** (0.737)	0.815 (0.865)	1.015*** (0.313)	-0.992 (0.687)	0.124
Profitability	0.013 (0.577)	0.456 (0.693)	-1.475** (0.652)	1.014 (0.874)	0.422 (0.758)	0.247 (0.273)	-0.474 (0.581)	0.072
Growth
Sales growth rate	1.722** (0.688)	-0.167 (0.709)	0.008 (0.623)	1.613** (0.670)	0.242 (1.136)	1.324*** (0.401)	-1.300* (0.758)	0.173