Factor

Items

Own values

Factorial Contributions (Cross loadings)

Reliability index: Rho Dillon-Goldstein

the average variance extracted (AVE)

R&D Input

Internal Spending in R&D

1.0000

Human resources Input

Workforce

1.0000

New design improvements

Easy adaptation to ingredients (T-1)_2

0.4658

0.8290

0.8858

0.7077

Design time improvement (T-1)_3

0.1138

0.7513

Cost design improvement (T-1)_1

0.0604

0.9335

New prototype improvements

Prototype quality improvement (T-1)_3

0.8892

0.8773

0.9479

0.7518

Prototype tasteimprovement (T-1)_2

0.1656

0.9403

Prototype smell improvement (T-1)_2

0.0652

0.9403

Prototyping time improvement (T-1)_2

0.0000

0.5805

Prototype aesthetic improvement (T-1)_2

0.0000

0.9403

New product improvements

Improvement of rejected products number (T-1)_3

0.4000

0.8868

0.8824

0.7291

Improvement of non-compliant products number (T-1)_3

0.1600

0.8868

Production cost improvement (T-1)_2

0.0000

0.7839