Table 4.

Internal validity and convergent reliability of the constructs

Construct	Item	Internal validity		Convergent reliability
		Cronbach’s alpha	Item-total correlation	Factor loadings	Composite reliability	Average variance extracted
Innovation effort	IE1	0.869	0.778	0.914	0.921	0.794
	IE2		0.847	0.871
	IE3		0.822	0.889
Private equity and support services	PE1	0.871	0.812	0.896	0.921	0.795
	PE2		0.806	0.899
	PE3		0.836	0.880
Government support	GS1	0.770	0.663	0.845	0.868	0.686
	GS2		0.732	0.802
	GS3		0.676	0.837
Economic performance	EP1	0.817	0.844	0.786	0.891	0.733
	EP2		0.709	0.881
	EP3		0.675	0.897
Job creation	JC1	0.838	0.751	0.884	0.903	0.756
	JC2		0.758	0.879
	JC3		0.813	0.845