Panel C: Pearson Correlation Matrix

Sales

OC

Dec

Break

Employee Intensity

Asset Intensity

Successive Decrease

Stock Performance

EPS

Sales

1

0.998

***

−0.007

***

0.029

***

−0.099

***

−0.022

***

−0.003

−0.017

***

0.005

**

OC

1

−0.004

*

0.030

***

−0.099

***

−0.022

***

−0.002

−0.018

***

0.004

*

Dec

1

0.070

***

−0.012

***

0.068

***

0.212

***

−0.101

***

−0.009

***

Break

1

−0.015

***

−0.045

***

−0.150

***

−0.111

***

0.000

Employee Intensity

1

0.209

***

−0.013

***

−0.007

***

0.000

Asset Intensity

1

0.070

***

0.001

−0.004

*

Successive Decrease

1

0.052

***

0.000

Stock Performance

1

0.001

EPS

1