Open innovation adoption: a Rasch psychometric analysis on technology exploitation

• Main Authors: Mohd Nafi, Siti Noratisah, Yusoff, Rushami Zien, Thi, Lip Sam, Saad, Rohaizah
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Academy of SME & Entrepreneurship Development (MASMED), Universiti Teknologi MARA 2016
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/21281/; https://aej.uitm.edu.my/view-paper.php?paper=3a41f3107a473094a71e860dc01319b9

Open innovation adoption continues to become an issue for high technological companies competing in local and global markets. As open innovation put forward the importance of pulling together the strength of internal and external means of organizations, as it is important to look and dwell into the reasons that will be able to explain the adoption of open innovation. The purpose of this study is to present the test development process that measures the technology exploitation towards open innovation adoption. Rasch measurement model was used for the instruments measurement analysis.Results from the reliability indices, unidimensionality and item-fit analysis exhibited an acceptable and satisfactory measure of the instruments used for measuring technology exploitation. Implication of these tests can be used for placement, diagnostics and predictive assessment purposes.