Table VI

Factor analysis

ItemsF1: TRF2: IRF3: CAPF4: Ind. CONTF5: PER
 Q4. Physical equipment and other physical assets…0.787    
Q11. Cash (on hand/at bank) earned from…0.754    
 Q9. Raised financial capital…0.739    
Q16. Buildings and other physical structures…0.715    
Q13. Raw material (in stock)…0.686    
Q23. Financial investments…0.613    
Q21. Land, including its location…0.598    
 Q7. Legally protected trademarks… 0.802   
 Q1. Contracts and partnerships… 0.792   
Q14. Brand name reputation… 0.755   
Q18. Company reputation… 0.734   
 Q3. The operating and reporting structure… 0.721   
 Q8. The shared values, beliefs, attitudes and… 0.714   
Q26. Product/service reputation… 0.706   
Q10. Customer service reputation… 0.699   
Q20. Legally protected patents… 0.683   
Q12. Employee recruitment, compensation… 0.659   
 Q2. Proprietary/held-in-secret technology… 0.639   
Q24. Legally protected copyrights… 0.632   
Q19. Knowledge management and sharing skills…  0.816  
Q15. The overall skills, creativity, innovativeness…  0.785  
 Q6. The skills, expertise and decision making…  0.749  
Q25. ERP, supply chain, and logistics systems…  0.676  
Q17. Relationships that employees and managers…  0.623  
Q27. Operational processes that support…  0.592  
Q22. Organisational routines…  0.583  
Q29. Overall market growth in our industry…   0.838 
Q35. The degree to which competitors offer…   0.798 
Q30. The number of competitors vying for…   0.763 
Q34. The extent to which price competition is used…   0.737 
Q37. Industry threatened by substitute products…   0.726 
Q32. The intensity with which competitors jockey…   0.719 
Q28. Competitors are roughly equal in size and…   0.693 
Q33. Only a few competitors dominate the market…   0.663 
Q38. What level of bargaining power on suppliers…   0.645 
Q36. How easy is it for new firms to enter and…   0.614 
Q39. What level of bargaining power on customers   0.608 
Q41. Market share…    0.813
Q42. Profitability…    0.796
Q40. Sales turnover growth…    0.779

Notes: Overall reliability of the scale (α=0.839). Factor’s Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient α=0.813, 0.749, 0.804, 0.738, 0.862. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sampling adequacy: 0.9476**. Barttlet’s test of approx. χ2 sphercity: 16,435.0**. **p<0.01

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