Table 7
Principal-component analysis for flexibility characteristics
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Flexibility variables | Codes | Principal component 1 | Principal component 2 | Principal component 3 | Principal component 4 | Principal component 5 | Principal component 6 | Principal component 7 | Principal component 8 |
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Eigenvector | |||||||||
Innovation strategy | |||||||||
Undertaking research and development | I11 | 0.34 | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.09 | 0.02 | -0.05 | -0.04 | -0.46 |
Developing and improving products/services | I12 | 0.39 | -0.09 | 0.01 | -0.04 | 0.05 | -0.03 | 0.00 | -0.17 |
Developing and improving processes | I13 | 0.38 | -0.07 | 0.02 | -0.02 | 0.03 | -0.01 | 0.01 | -0.17 |
Expanding into new geographic markets |
I14 | 0.35 | -0.09 | 0.00 | -0.06 | 0.08 | -0.04 | 0.00 | -0.26 |
Innovation outcome | |||||||||
New and improved products/services | I21 | 0.10 | 0.47 | -0.20 | -0.49 | 0.02 | -0.13 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
New and improved processes | I22 | 0.10 | 0.53 | -0.17 | -0.35 | 0.00 | -0.06 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
Installation of a major new software or hardware |
T1 | 0.04 | 0.29 | -0.07 | 0.44 | 0.39 | -0.36 | -0.66 | 0.02 |
Installation of computer-controlled or computer-assisted technology |
T2 | 0.04 | 0.30 | -0.09 | 0.51 | 0.07 | -0.35 | 0.71 | -0.08 |
Other major implementation of other technologies |
T3 | 0.03 | 0.25 | -0.10 | 0.17 | 0.48 | 0.80 | 0.09 | -0.07 |
Strategy on labour-management cooperation, employees' skills, and employee participation |
WP1 | 0.38 | -0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.08 |
Percentage of employees that received classroom training |
WP2 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.67 | -0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 | -0.02 |
Percentage of employees that received on-the-job training |
WP3 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.67 | -0.11 | 0.19 | -0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Training in group decision making/problem solving and team-building/ leadership/communication |
WP4 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.28 | -0.68 | 0.23 | -0.20 | -0.11 |
A flexible organizational structure | WP5 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.20 | -0.32 | 0.15 | -0.05 | 0.19 |
Intensity of competition | C1 | 0.34 | -0.08 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.47 |
Number of competitors | C2 | 0.32 | -0.13 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.60 |
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Principal component 1 | Principal component 2 | Principal component 3 | Principal component 4 | Principal component 5 | Principal component 6 | Principal component 7 | Principal component 8 | |
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Diagnostic statistics | ||||||||
Proportion of total sample variability accounted for by principle component |
0.37 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Eigenvalue | 5.91 | 1.96 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.57 |
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