Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Database Technology and Applications, 2009 First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3604-0
DOI :
10.1109/DBTA.2009.95
