Table 1 Sample descriptive statistics (N = 319).

From: Can digital platform empowers inbound and outbound open innovation? From the perspective of the innovation ecosystem

Items

Options

Quantity

Percentage (%)

Region where the firm is located

Jiangsu Province

100

31.3

Zhejiang Province

67

21.0

Shanghai

116

36.4

Anhui Province

33

10.3

Other

3

0.9

Firm’s nature

Private firm

209

65.5

Collective firm

10

3.1

State-owned firm

50

15.7

Sino-foreign joint venture

25

7.8

Foreign-funded firm

25

7.8

Firm’s asset size

Micro, small, and medium-sized firms

207

64.9

Large firms

104

32.6

Very large firms

8

2.5

  1. Notes: The asset scale of SMEs is less than 100 million yuan, that of large firms is between 100 million yuan and 1 billion yuan, and that of very large firms is more than 1 billion yuan.