Table 2 Variable means, standard deviations, and correlations.

From: The role of international strategic alliance and dynamic internationalization capability in building competitive advantage for SMEs: evidence from Taiwan

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1. Threshold

0.692

        

2. Consolidation

0.578**

0.734

       

3. Value-adding

0.527**

0.570**

0.734

      

4. Disruption

0.509**

0.596**

0.685**

0.738

     

5. Explorative Alliance

0.398**

0.367**

0.396**

0.325**

0.707

    

6. Exploitative Alliance

0.413**

0.390**

0.292**

0.331**

0.643**

0.758

   

7. Differentiation

0.294**

0.295**

0.286**

0.400**

0.382**

0.408**

0.678

  

8. Cost

0.308**

0.339**

0.375**

0.385**

0.370**

0.368**

0.505**

0.740

 

9. Institutional

0.274**

0.268**

0.212**

0.221**

0.248**

0.254**

0.490**

0.594**

0.768

Mean

3.803

3.839

3.961

3.935

3.887

3.877

3.576

3.437

3.362

SD

0.632

0.669

0.586

0.631

0.641

0.713

0.705

0.720

0.786

α

0.818

0.791

0.865

0.823

0.864

0.843

0.768

0.826

0.844

AVE

0.479

0.524

0.524

0.544

0.500

0.574

0.459

0.548

0.589

CR

0.821

0.810

0.868

0.825

0.850

0.843

0.772

0.828

0.850

  1. Note: The italicized values represent the square roots of the Average Variance Extracted (AVE).
  2. **Indicating significant differences p < 0.01.
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