... in the UK and the USA and the proposed relationships were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The findings show that both the effective use of BDA tools and BDM have significant positive effects on the innovation process, competitive advantage and financial performance...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Relative sales performance Absolute sales performance Skill level Interpersonal Adaptiveness Selling-related knowledge Service settings Contrast meta-analysis Structural equation modeling Nomological framework Norway In fact...

... proxies for the constructs. The paper sets out to discuss the how-tos of using IGSCA by explaining how to specify, estimate, and evaluate different types of models. The paper’s overarching aim is to make business researchers aware of this promising structural equation modeling (SEM) method. Design...

...Henrik Nielsen; Thomas Borup Kristensen Purpose This paper aims to study the relations between lean operations, lean principles in finance functions and the roles of finance functions. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses structural equation modeling to analyze data from 408 different...

...Joseph F. Hair; Jeffrey J. Risher; Marko Sarstedt; Christian M. Ringle Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive, yet concise, overview of the considerations and metrics required for partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis and result reporting...

...-linear effects on internal service quality. Design/methodology/approach To acquire information on factors influencing internal service complexity, a broad literature review was conducted. Furthermore, to validate and verify these results, structural equation modeling’ was used in the context...

...Lucy M. Matthews; Marko Sarstedt; Joseph F. Hair; Christian M. Ringle Purpose Part I of this article (European Business Review, Volume 28, Issue 1) offered an overview of unobserved heterogeneity in the context of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), its...

...Joe F. Hair, Jr.; Marko Sarstedt; Lucy M Matthews; Christian M Ringle Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of unobserved heterogeneity in the context of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), its prevalence and challenges for social science...

...Göran Svensson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe potential flaws and pitfalls in the contemporary process of testing the theory of a research model in business research through the use of covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM). Design/methodology/approach...

...Joe F. Hair Jr; Marko Sarstedt; Lucas Hopkins; Volker G. Kuppelwieser Purpose – The authors aim to present partial least squares (PLS) as an evolving approach to structural equation modeling (SEM), highlight its advantages and limitations and provide an overview of recent research on the method...

...Barry J. Babin; Göran Svensson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss a few principal and crucial steps of “antecedents” and “postcedents” in relation to structural equation modeling (SEM) in social science research. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based upon...