Panel A: Descriptive Statistics of Key Variables

Variables

Number of Observations

Mean

Standard Deviation

Min

Max

Sales

157,325

2567.53

13113.82

0.01

511729.00

OC

157,325

2431.79

12437.76

0.02

505059.00

Dec

157,325

0.30

0.46

0.00

1.00

Break

157,325

0.17

0.37

0.00

1.00

Employee Intensity

157,325

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.19

Asset Intensity

157,325

1.60

3.38

0.19

81.45

Successive Decrease

157,325

0.28

0.45

0.00

1.00

Stock Performance

157,325

0.13

0.78

−0.91

8.38

Abnormal Return20

157,325

0.00

0.19

−0.97

6.32

EPS

157,325

0.99

82.33

−83.40

98.11

Consecutive Revenue Growth Ratio

157,325

0.22

0.20

0.00

0.89