Construct

Code

Min

Max

Mean

Std.Dev

PEU—All dimensions

PEU

1

5

4.08

0.20

Political uncertainty—All items

PolitU

1

5

3.92

0.08

1) Our environment is unpredictable and hard to anticipate the political changes.

PolitU-2

1

5

4.02

0.98

2) Our external environment is very predictable; very easy to forecast the future state of the political environment.

PolitU-4

1

5

3.90

1.11

3) Political instability hinders our company to implement its strategies and plans

PolitU-3

1

5

3.89

1.09

4) Our external environment is very predictable; very easy to forecast the future state of the political environment.

PolitU-1

1

5

3.87

1.10

Competitive—All items

Compt

1

5

4.10

0.081

1) Product introductions in adjacent industries.

Compt-1

1

5

4.15

1.11

2) New industry entrants.

Compt-3

1

5

4.04

1.02

3) Market tactics of competitors.

Compt-2

1

5

3.99

1.08

Technological uncertainty—All items

Tech

1

5

4.07

0.18

1) Competitors technology.

Tech-3

1

5

4.22

0.89

2) Change in product technology that affect the relative cost/efficiency to user.

Tech-1

1

5

4.12

1.00

3) New technology.

Tech-2

1

5

3.88

1.03

Operational—All items

OperU

1

5

4.24

0.22

1) Diffusion of property knowledge outside the organization.

OperU-1

1

5

4.64

0.83

2) Increasing productive capacity.

OperU-6

1

5

4.30

0.90

3) Input costs.

OperU-4

1

5

4.22

0.88

4) Scope effect (product breadth).

OperU-3

1

5

4.12

0.91

5) Internal product enhancement.

OperU-5

1

5

4.09

1.01

6) Scale effects (product depth).

OperU-2

1

5

4.07

0.97