Beyond linearity - a new Partial Least Squares - Path Modelling (PLS-PM) inner weighting scheme for detecting and approximating nonlinear structural relationships in Structural Equation Models

• Jorge M. Mendes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge M. Mendes, Pedro S. Coelho

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jorge.mendes@nms.unl.pt

  Affiliations Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Management Information Centre (MagIC), NOVA Information Management School (NOVAIMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-3803

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• Pedro S. Coelho

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge M. Mendes, Pedro S. Coelho

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Management Information Centre (MagIC), NOVA Information Management School (NOVAIMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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