Hi,

I do have the following data firm level data:

Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input str18 country double firm_id float(total_sales1 total_sales2 total_sales3 total_RD_y1_ind total_RD_y2_ind total_RD_y3_ind RD_intensity_1 RD_intensity_2 RD_intensity_3) byte dforeign_y3 double(sales_y1 sales_y2 sales_y3 ttexp_y1 ttexp_y2 ttexp_y3)
"Chile"     200031 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .  2026434944  3770808064          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  147156 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 14847947776          .         .         . .
"Chile"     101837 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .   144106000    76639000          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  142899 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   1.182e+09          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  144048 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  981707 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  982524 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Argentina" 864140 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    43214688    58765828   79827048         .         . .
"Colombia"  975822 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   1.910e+12          .         0         0 .
"Argentina" 816743 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    18534438    42266820   47798448         .         . .
"Colombia"  986804 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 13851177984          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  865778 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  146594 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  143531 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  1579171968          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  866998 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 14489676800          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  144722 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  2907795968          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 149511 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 1   9.510e+08   1.254e+09  1.532e+09         .         . .
"Colombia"  986641 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  4223451904          .         .         . .
"Uruguay"     3621 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0           .           . 1197303040         .         . .
"Argentina" 114751 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0      680061     1821817    2245328         .         . .
"Colombia"  975586 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  978232 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  980681 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   2.420e+08          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  973348 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 30860777472          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  145396 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  5376013824          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  978248 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .  25000000  35000000 .
"Colombia"  978299 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  986318 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  980662 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          . 276417984 114380000 .
"Argentina" 949913 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 1    25329552    27873484   30938072         .         . .
"Colombia"  980863 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  427285 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  147319 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  982423 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 23323588608          .         .         . .
"Chile"     201419 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .  5416278016  9357216768          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  867075 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Chile"     100034 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .  3927260928  3524687104          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  979121 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  980896 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   297008000          .         .         . .
"Chile"     201389 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 . 21893240832 21876649984          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  867321 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Chile"     201467 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 . 66331209728 61389864960          .         0         0 .
"Chile"     100096 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .   137706000   126948000          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 627025 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    11946822    22396824   30617252         .         . .
"Colombia"  973230 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 830576 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0     6464928     8873396   11973343         .         . .
"Argentina" 405196 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0     6150000     7845000    9142500         .         . .
"Colombia"  366989 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   142943008          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 906655 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0     4304025     6266894    7262848         .         . .
"Colombia"  427568 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  982174 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   6.860e+11          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 614559 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0     8981726    16480901   22130754         .         . .
"Colombia"  982524 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 27823288320          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  142522 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 20219371520          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  867351 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   139964992          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  973350 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   1.380e+11          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  865408 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  4081722112          .         .         . .
"Chile"     200383 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .  2267186944  2757421056          .         0   7574000 .
"Colombia"  986628 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  147146 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Chile"     204119 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 . 11683830784 18200739840          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  986378 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Uruguay"      606 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0           .           .   43000000         .         . .
"Colombia"  144169 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .    66151000          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  982239 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Argentina" 704717 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 1   149861248   225940336  262746400         .         . .
"Colombia"  145815 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  1721950976          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 735605 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    32114802    42479480   63034752         .         . .
"Colombia"  978279 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Chile"     200915 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .  5093669888  4956000256          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  865579 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  145744 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  3608020992          .         .         . .
"Panama"     29860 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .     199715         .         . .
"Colombia"  986463 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  986262 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 56176779264          .         0         0 .
"Argentina" 130103 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    21441864    25467152   17226286         .         . .
"Colombia"  982257 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 44674076672          .         .         . .
"Panama"     19129 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .     176691         .         . .
"Colombia"  144400 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  4393129984          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  145397 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  981658 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  5092732928          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  366880 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  146443 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   830649984          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  866171 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  2736587008          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  366537 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   285692000          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 299233 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0   4.011e+08   5.357e+08  719500032         .         . .
"Colombia"  986592 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Colombia"  145418 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .  1977997056          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  145597 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   414991008          .         .         . .
"Panama"     14392 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .      72216         .         . .
"Argentina" 712929 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0   948951168  1251433216 1529548928         .         . .
"Colombia"  147589 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  367363 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  147167 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         .         . .
"Argentina" 950012 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 0    23487832    37718632   41779488         .         . .
"Colombia"  143477 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   421918016          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  866714 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           . 11212934144          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  427460 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .   314967008          .         .         . .
"Colombia"  986295 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 .           .           .          .         0         0 .
"Chile"     202164 2.399476e+13 1.595935e+14 2.943715e+11 237710950400 3.61665e+11 330186432 .009906786 .0022661635 .0011216658 . 17192112128 22868748288          .         0         0 .
end

Where I constructed

Code:
 gen  ttexp_sales3= ttexp_y3/ sales_y3
When I do

Code:
 reg  ttexp_sales3 i.dforeign_y3##i.tech_intensity  i.isic3_2d, robust
. I get the following output:

Code:
 reg  ttexp_sales2 i.dforeign_y3##i.tech_intensity  i.isic3_2d, robust
note: 28.isic3_2d omitted because of collinearity
note: 36.isic3_2d omitted because of collinearity

Linear regression                               Number of obs     =        215
                                                F(20, 194)        =       0.92
                                                Prob > F          =     0.5620
                                                R-squared         =     0.1225
                                                Root MSE          =     .04013

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                           |               Robust
              ttexp_sales2 |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
             1.dforeign_y3 |   .0030758   .0116993     0.26   0.793    -.0199983    .0261498
                           |
            tech_intensity |
                        2  |  -.0024561   .0033194    -0.74   0.460    -.0090029    .0040906
                        3  |   .0101011    .009589     1.05   0.293    -.0088109    .0290131
                           |
dforeign_y3#tech_intensity |
                      1 2  |  -.0002287   .0124497    -0.02   0.985    -.0247829    .0243255
                      1 3  |   .0164692   .0183075     0.90   0.369    -.0196381    .0525766
                           |
                  isic3_2d |
                       17  |  -.0054391   .0028378    -1.92   0.057     -.011036    .0001578
                       18  |  -.0043643    .003199    -1.36   0.174    -.0106736    .0019451
                       19  |  -.0046627   .0036099    -1.29   0.198    -.0117825     .002457
                       20  |  -.0054079   .0032356    -1.67   0.096    -.0117894    .0009737
                       21  |  -.0068413   .0067126    -1.02   0.309    -.0200804    .0063978
                       22  |   .0709638   .0711941     1.00   0.320      -.06945    .2113776
                       24  |  -.0020775   .0112219    -0.19   0.853      -.02421    .0200551
                       25  |   .0009922   .0041954     0.24   0.813    -.0072822    .0092667
                       26  |  -.0011505   .0053064    -0.22   0.829    -.0116162    .0093153
                       27  |   -.001142    .004133    -0.28   0.783    -.0092933    .0070094
                       28  |          0  (omitted)
                       29  |  -.0180382   .0109757    -1.64   0.102    -.0396852    .0036088
                       30  |  -.0127187   .0097381    -1.31   0.193    -.0319249    .0064875
                       33  |  -.0122287   .0098828    -1.24   0.217    -.0317202    .0072629
                       34  |   -.017296   .0105729    -1.64   0.103    -.0381486    .0035566
                       35  |   .0133179   .0251763     0.53   0.597    -.0363365    .0629722
                       36  |          0  (omitted)
                           |
                     _cons |   .0079074   .0024444     3.23   0.001     .0030864    .0127284
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Next to interaction between dforeign_y3 and tech_intensity, I do have a number next to 2 (one type of industry) and next to 3 (another type of industry). What does exactly that 1 means?

Thank you!