Subsidiary development is a multi-dimensional construct that cannot be captured just by looking at subsidiary roles, activities, etc. Three distinct dimensions of subsidiary development are identified and these are: scope of subsidiary (the breadth of activities), level of subsidiary competence (the depth of activities) and level of integration in the internal MNC-network. Birkinshaw and Hood (...

Drawing on literature from finance and strategic management, eight likely factors associated with the profitability and growth of unquoted, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are identified and evaluated. These factors are: leverage, liquidity, education, industry performance, low cost, differentiation, product focus and customer focus. The sample comprises 134 unquoted SMEs aged five ye...

Elementary and middle school children were given a large battery of tests evaluating reading subskills and reading-related cognitive abilities. These measures were used to define latent constructs representing skills and abilities believed to be important components of reading comprehension. Hypothesized relationships among these constructs were specified within the context of a structural mode...

A causal relationship among key critical success factors of successful entrepreneurs in Thailand is proposed. A new business innovation management model is established using data sampling of 250 successful entrepreneurs from various industry sectors in Thailand. The data were analyzed by performing mean, standard deviation calculations, factor analysis and causal factors affected by LISREL prog...

We developed and tested a model in which transformational leadership affects sports performance indirectly, through the mediating effects of intrinsic motivation. During the season. 168 university athletes provided data on their perceptions of their coach’s transformational leadership and their own intrinsic motivation. At the end of the season, their coaches assessed the performance of the ath...

After successful installation, both the full edition and the student edition of LISREL 8.52 feature a folder (ORDINAL) with all the files needed to run the examples. Those example files as well as this document (in PDF format) can be downloaded from SSI's website.

Recently structural equation modeling software packages have implemented more accurate statistical methodology for analyzing complex survey data. The computational algorithms however vary across the packages and produce different results even for simple models. In this note we conduct simulation studies to compare the performance of the methods implemented in Mplus and LISREL. The Mplus algorit...

The authors developed the Smoking Attitudes Scale (SAS) and administered it to 2 samples of U.S. students who were smokers or nonsmokers. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis with LISREL (K. G. Jöreskog & D. Sörbom, 1989) methodology revealed that the SAS consists of 4 factors. The overall instrument possesses good internal consistency and adequate construct validity as well.