Modelling the significance of strategic orientation for competitive advantage and economic sustainability: the use of hybrid SEM–neural network analysis

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 6 RMSE values of artificial neural networks (N = 284)

Network	Sample size (training)	Sample size (testing)	RMSE (training)	RMSE (testing)	Sample size (training)	Sample size (testing)	RMSE (training)	RMSE (testing)
Model A: factors effecting competitive advantage					Model B: factors effecting economic sustainability
1	194	90	0.437	0.382	203	81	0.414	0.414
2	202	82	0.439	0.409	188	96	0.433	0.437
3	187	97	0.429	0.420	193	91	0.469	0.438
4	199	85	0.439	0.369	197	87	0.441	0.469
5	205	79	0.496	0.469	187	97	0.455	0.454
6	208	76	0.463	0.380	199	85	0.476	0.531
7	200	84	0.458	0.388	192	92	0.427	0.408
8	202	82	0.496	0.494	196	88	0.479	0.452
9	202	82	0.452	0.471	196	88	0.447	0.470
10	190	94	0.399	0.547	196	88	0.462	0.421
		Mean	0.451	0.433		Mean	0.450	0.449
	Standard deviation		0.030	0.059	Standard deviation		0.022	0.036