Item | Standardized loading |
Government support (Cronbach’s α = 0.846, C.R. = 0.853, AVE = 0.593) | |
1) Implemented policies and programs that have been beneficial to your company’s operations. | 0.718 |
2) Provided needed technology information and technical support to your company. | 0.838 |
3) Played a significant role in providing financial support for your company. | 0.813 |
4) Helped your company to obtain licenses for imports of technology, manufacturing and other equipment. | 0.702 |
Universities and research institute’s knowledge integration (Cronbach’s α = 0.884, C.R. = 0.890, AVE = 0.621) | |
1) We are able to obtain a tremendous amount of our technological knowledge from universities/research institutes. | 0.801 |
2) We rapidly respond to technological changes in our industry by applying what we know from universities/research institutes. | 0.831 |
3) University/research institute’s technological knowledge has enriched the basic understanding of our innovation activities. | 0.851 |
4) University/research institute’s technological knowledge has reduced the uncertainty of our innovation activities. | 0.628 |
5) University/research institute’s technological knowledge helps us to identify new aspects of innovation activities that would otherwise go unnoticed. | 0.809 |
Customer’s knowledge integration (Cronbach’s α = 0.833, C.R. = 0.847, AVE = 0.589) | |
1) We are able to obtain a tremendous amount of our product knowledge from customers. | 0.885 |
2) We rapidly respond to technological changes in our industry by applying what we know from customers. | 0.893 |
3) Customers’ technological knowledge has reduced the uncertainty of our innovation activities. | 0.616 |
4) Customers’ technological knowledge has enriched the basic understanding of our innovation activities. | 0.628 |
Process innovation (Cronbach’s α = 0.845, C.R. = 0.854, AVE = 0.560) |
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1) We are learning more about the newest processes than our competitors. | 0.845 |
2) We are the first within the industry to deploy new processes. | 0.817 |
3) We keep up with the latest process developments. | 0.796 |
4) We frequently introduce processes that are radically different from existing processes in the industry. | 0.613 |
Company performance (Cronbach’s α = 0.868, C.R. = 0.880, AVE = 0.652) | |
1) Market share | 0.617 |
2) Sales growth rate | 0.866 |
3) Market share growth | 0.920 |
4) Return on investment (ROI) | 0.794 |