The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Table 1 Indicator variables.
Latent variables | Indicators | Symbol | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
Government role | Providing sufficient training | GR1 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Assistance to promote automotive products | GR2 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Providing tax incentives | GR3 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Supportive local content (TKDN) policy | GR4 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Recent policy supports performance in the automotive industry | GR5 | Likert 1–5 |
Technology transfer | Sharing high-level engineering capabilities with suppliers | TT1 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Willing to transfer technology to suppliers | TT2 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Partners are willing to share technologies with us | TT3 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Technological support from partner firms assists us, on many occasions, in working out technical problems | TT4 | Likert 1–5 |
Technical exchange | Our engineers and sales teams have a close relationship with our supplier’s personnel | TE1 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | The communication is ‘two-way communication’ rather than unilateral in the development process | TE2 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Regular contact between our partner and engineers is valuable (important) | TE3 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Our partner often conveys strategic engineering information through informal discussion | TE4 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Communication with our partner on many occasions starts to appear earlier in the development process | TE5 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | Informal communications often diminish lead time in the development process | TE6 | Likert 1–5 |
Supplier performance improvement | The supplier–buyer relation has persisted to be able to enhance product design in the last two to three years | SPI1 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | The supplier–buyer relation persisted to be able to enhance process design through this partnership in the last two to three years | SPI2 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | The supplier–buyer relation persisted to be able to increase product quality through this partnership in the last two to three years | SPI3 | Likert 1–5 |
|  | The buyer–supplier relation persisted to decrease lead time through this partnership in the last two to three years | SPI4 | Likert 1–5 |