|
Customer Orientation (
Narver & Slater, 1990
)
|
| • We constantly monitor our level of commitment and orientation to serving customer needs. |
0.808 |
26.327 |
| • Our business strategies are driven by our beliefs about how we can create greater value for customers |
0.661 |
9.014 |
| • Our strategy for competitive advantage is based on our understanding of customer needs |
0.720 |
12.603 |
| • Our strategy for competitive advantage is based on our understanding of customer needs |
0.694 |
15.143 |
| • We measure customer satisfaction systematically and frequently. |
0.780 |
20.136 |
| • We give close attention to after-sales service. |
0.683 |
10.230 |
|
(scale: 1= strongly disagree; 7= strongly agree)
|
|
|
|
Innovative Capability (
Akman & Yilmaz, 2008
)
|
| • Our firm has an organizational culture and a management comprehension that support and encourage innovation. |
0.809 |
27.873 |
| • At our firm, knowledge from different resources is used for product development activities efficiently and rapidly. |
0.788 |
19.828 |
| • Our firm is able to reflect changes at market conditions (such as changes from customer wants, competitors’ products, etc.) to own products and processes as soon as possible. |
0.749 |
16.770 |
| • Workers of our firm are supported and encouraged to participate in activities such as product development, innovation process improvement and to produce new ideas such topics. |
0.676 |
12.406 |
| • New ideas that come from customers, suppliers, etc. are evaluated continuously and try to include into product development activities. |
0.686 |
15.329 |
| • Our firms could be adapted to environmental changes easily and in the short time by making suitable improvements and innovations at its products and processes. |
0.641 |
11.777 |
|
(scale: 1= strongly disagree; 5= strongly agree)
|
|
|
|
Technological Turbulence (
Jaworski & Kohli, 1993
)
|
| • The technology in our industry is changing rapidly. |
0.833 |
10,871 |
| • Technological changes provide big opportunities in our industry. |
0.875 |
13.871 |
| • A large number of new product ideas have been made possible through technological breakthroughs in our industry. |
0.855 |
15.052 |
| • Technological developments in our industry are rather minor*
|
0.589 |
4.560 |
|
(scale: 1= strongly disagree; 5= strongly agree)
|
|
|
|
Financial Performance (
Sampaio et al., 2011
)
|
| • Profit levels |
0.872 |
21.747 |
| • Sales volume |
0.795 |
16.077 |
| • Profitability |
0.826 |
14.241 |
|
(scale: 1= much lower; 7= much higher)
|
|
|
|
Construct
|
Mean
|
SD
|
α |
CR
|
AVE
|
Correlation Matrix
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
| 1. Customer Orientation |
5.53 |
1.02 |
.82 |
.87 |
.53 |
.73
|
|
|
|
| 2. Innovative Capability |
3.72 |
.77 |
.82 |
.87 |
.53 |
.663**
|
.73
|
|
|
| 3. Technological Turbulence |
3.42 |
.98 |
.81 |
.87 |
.63 |
.251** |
.309** |
.80
|
|
| 4. Financial Performance |
3.39 |
.81 |
.78 |
.87 |
.69 |
.421** |
.415** |
.280** |
.83
|