| VARIABLES | Innovation | FC | Innovation | 
| DIF | 0.013*** | −0.000* | 0.013*** | 
| 
 | (4.98) | (−1.94) | (4.87) | 
| FC | 
 | 
 | −4.639*** | 
| 
 | 
 | 
 | (−4.07) | 
| SIZE | 1.494*** | 0.060*** | 1.773*** | 
| 
 | (3.62) | (11.11) | (4.25) | 
| PPE | 13.938*** | 0.038 | 14.113*** | 
| 
 | (6.64) | (1.36) | (6.74) | 
| LEV | −5.791*** | 0.144*** | −5.124*** | 
| 
 | (−11.81) | (22.33) | (−9.93) | 
| Capital | 0.948*** | −0.016*** | 0.874*** | 
| 
 | (6.56) | (−8.44) | (6.01) | 
| Mbr | −7.928*** | −0.002 | −7.937*** | 
| 
 | (−18.06) | (−0.34) | (−18.11) | 
| Growth | 0.397*** | −0.008*** | 0.361*** | 
| 
 | (3.66) | (−5.44) | (3.32) | 
| Equity | −2.497*** | −0.017** | −2.577*** | 
| 
 | (−4.38) | (−2.31) | (−4.52) | 
| ROA | −8.383*** | −0.019 | −8.469*** | 
| 
 | (−7.74) | (−1.32) | (−7.83) | 
| AGE | −0.060*** | 0.000 | −0.059*** | 
| 
 | (−4.51) | (1.19) | (−4.44) | 
| LnTI | −1.339*** | −0.061*** | −1.620*** | 
| 
 | (−3.33) | (−11.46) | (−3.97) | 
| Merge | 0.864*** | −0.004** | 0.845*** | 
| 
 | (6.39) | (−2.30) | (6.26) | 
| Ind | 0.034** | 0.000** | 0.036*** | 
| 
 | (2.56) | (2.30) | (2.71) | 
| FB | 0.142 | −0.002 | 0.134 | 
| 
 | (1.01) | (−0.86) | (0.96) | 
| Constant | 1.885 | −0.049 | 1.656 | 
| 
 | (0.81) | (−1.61) | (0.71) | 
| Observations | 4,472 | 4,472 | 4,472 | 
| R-squared | 0.417 | 0.193 | 0.419 | 
| F test | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| r2_a | 0.412 | 0.187 | 0.414 | 
| F | 85.77 | 28.73 | 84.24 |