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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Internal consistency, convergent validity, composite reliability, and AVE

From: Innovation practices for survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the COVID-19 times: the role of external support

Construct

Items

Loadings

CR

AVE

External knowledge

EK3

0.700

0.800

0.572

EK5

0.821

EK6

0.743

Employees’ activities

EMA1

0.806

0.932

0.732

EMA2

0.896

EMA3

0.914

EMA4

0.855

EMA5

0.802

Leadership

LEAD1

0.624

0.897

0.557

LEAD2

0.775

LEAD3

0.782

LEAD4

0.812

LEAD5

0.792

LEAD6

0.732

LEAD7

0.690

Expenses

STREX1

0.811

0.805

0.518

STREX2

0.808

STREX3

0.746

STREX5

0.453

Production

STRP1

0.782

0.840

 

STRP2

0.805

STRP3

0.728

STRP4

0.644

STRP5

0.610

STRP6

0.782

Regeneration

REGEN2

0.679

0.800

0.504

REGEN3

0.560

REGEN4

0.817

REGEN5

0.758

External support

EXS1

0.513

0.880

0.527

EXS2

0.515

EXS3

0.616

EXS4

0.546

EXS5

0.926

EXS6

0.879

Business performance

FINPER1

0.763

0.915

0.645

FINPER2

0.686

FINPER3

0.824

FINPER4

0.866

FINPER5

0.789

Financial indicators

SurvFin1

0.704

0.840

0.516

SurvFin2

0.849

SurvFin3

0.571

SurvFin4

0.782

SurvFin5

0.653

Strategy

SurvStr1

0.516

0.793

0.571

SurvStr5

0.846

SurvStr6

0.856