Knowledge absorptive capacity (ACAP) is a key dynamic capability that boosts business innovation, particularly in developing economies. However, scarce studies focus on ACAP and technological innovation (TI) the context of small- medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, this study aims to examine effects two different types knowledge capacities generate TI Mexican manufacturing industry dete...

Description Extended Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Models may be specified with reticular action model (RAM) matrices or paths,linear structural relations (LISREL) matrices or paths, or directly in matrix algebra. To increase modularity, model expectations,fit functions, and optimizers can be easily interchanged. Fit functions include full information maximum likelihood (FIML),maximum li...

in this study, liquid-liquid extraction process in a kuhni extraction column was modeled and simulated. a non-equilibrium dynamic model was developed for modeling liquid-liquid extraction processes based on a rate-based model. the model equations are inclusive of partial and ordinary differential equations which were discretized in column height direction. the population balance model was used ...

Must causal models distinguish default from deviant events? Much recent work on actual causation is conducted within the structural equations framework (Spirtes et al 1993, Pearl 2000), via the notion of a causal model. In standard causal models one sets up a system of variables, allots values to these variables, and connects these variables via structural equations. Menzies (2004, 2007), Hitch...

Background: The high workload of nurses in hospitals has been identified as a patient safety and worker stress problem. Psychological empowerment is a motivational concept demonstrated in four dimensions: meaning, competence, self-determination, and impact. Objective: This study investigated the relationship between nurses’ workloads and psychological emp...

This paper develops asymptotically pivotal structural change tests in simultaneous equations with weakly identified parameters. In former literature, Caner (2007) proposes boundedly pivotal structural change tests when there are weakly identified parameters. The tests developed in this article are new, and benefit from reparameterizing the model. This results in asymptotically pivotal tests. Si...

A variety of theories in psychology postulate that the causal variables combine according to a multiplicative rule to determine the value of the dependent variable. To test multiplicative combination rules empirically, applied researchers frequently use an observational method that involves the following procedure: (a) assessment techniques are used to measure the value of each theoretical cons...