Inspection of the first-order CFA and the SEM for OLS and competitive responsiveness
showed that the direction of relations were as hypothesized. Further inspection of the
strength of relationships among variables provided limited results. As shown in
Table IX, the first-order CFA for 1990, 1994, and 2008 were poor, good, and poor,
respectively. As shown in Table X the SEM for OLS and competitive responsiveness
were poor for 1990 and 2008 but fair/good for 1994.