The Study on Reliability and Validity of Index System of Risk Evaluation on Technological Innovation of Small & Medium Enterprises

Author

Ma, Zhi-Qiang ; Hong, Tao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Bus. Adm., Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang, China

fYear

2009

fDate

25-26 April 2009

Firstpage

662

Lastpage

666

Abstract

Our country´s small & medium enterprises (SMEs) have been one of important pillars of national economy as a result of the rapid development of SMEs. As for SMEs, technological innovation is the only way to enhance their core competitiveness and establish competitive advantage in the market. This paper constructs the index system of risk evaluation on technological innovation of SMEs through Delphi method, which is based on the current study. Then several SMEs in Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region are evaluated by this index system, and this paper analyzes the reliability and validity of index system through the structural equation modeling (SEM). The analysis of the reliability and validity is used to be proved that the index system constructed has characteristics of high reliability and validity.

Keywords

innovation management; risk management; small-to-medium enterprises; Delphi method; Yangtze River Delta region; competitive advantage; index system; national economy; risk evaluation; small & medium enterprises; structural equation modeling; technological innovation; Covariance matrix; Databases; Equations; Indexes; Measurement errors; Numerical analysis; Reliability theory; Risk analysis; Rivers; Technological innovation; SMEs; index system of risk evaluation; reliability; technological innovation; validity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database Technology and Applications, 2009 First International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Wuhan, Hubei

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3604-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DBTA.2009.95

Filename

5207671