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 |