| Observed Variables Relating to Firms’ Risk Perceptions | Components | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| PRP 1. Political instability at national level | 0.324 | 0.661 | 0.144 | −0.221 | 0.037 | 0.343 | −0.008 |
| PRP 2. Political instability in your trading partner country | 0.128 | 0.809 | 0.144 | −0.014 | 0.197 | 0.078 | 0.114 |
| PRP 3. Political controversies with neighbor countries | 0.075 | 0.725 | −0.306 | 0.019 | −0.073 | 0.138 | 0.097 |
| PRP 4. Unreliable law system in your trading partner country | 0.144 | 0.808 | 0.008 | 0.262 | −0.036 | −0.107 | −0.047 |
| TRP 1. Slowdown in market money flow | 0.804 | 0.338 | 0.089 | 0.036 | 0.127 | −0.117 | 0.093 |
| TRP 2. Increase in dishonored cheques in the market | 0.819 | 0.187 | 0.129 | 0.136 | 0.001 | 0.211 | −0.094 |
| TRP3. Dishonored cheques from your receivables’ | 0.809 | −0.001 | 0.093 | 0.116 | −0.017 | 0.290 | 0.018 |
| TRP 4. Increase in interest rates | 0.674 | 0.093 | −0.117 | −0.096 | 0.093 | −0.056 | 0.473 |
| ERP 1. Lower economic growth rates than expected | 0.070 | 0.206 | −0.096 | 0.051 | 0.772 | −0.006 | −0.154 |
| ERP 2. Continuous decrease in exchange rates | −0.112 | 0.269 | 0.200 | 0.066 | 0.790 | 0.161 | 0.662 |
| ERP 3. Continuous volatility in public investment instruments (e.g. gold) | 0.014 | −0.104 | 0.130 | 0.122 | 0.703 | 0.094 | 0.096 |
| FRP 1. Speculation on future bearish market trends | 0.178 | 0.149 | 0.116 | 0.087 | 0.014 | 0.764 | 0.318 |
| FRP 2. Decrease in credit feasibility by banks | 0.422 | 0.155 | −0.179 | 0.192 | 0.362 | 0.639 | 0.091 |
| FRP 3. Continuous volatility in international market price of the product you export | 0.178 | −0.069 | −0.018 | 0.106 | 0.016 | 0.563 | 0.831 |
| FSRP 1. Increase in food safety speculation | −0.005 | −0.020 | 0.780 | 0.183 | −0.147 | 0.177 | 0.033 |
| FSRP 2. Increase in food safety requirements in the country you export to. | 0.126 | 0.077 | 0.755 | 0.224 | −0.065 | 0.113 | 0.086 |
| FSRP 3. Global disease, like bird flu, in the food items you export | 0.065 | −0.104 | 0.743 | 0.084 | 0.336 | −0.163 | 0.017 |
| GDRP 1. Payment method | 0.034 | 0.198 | 0.400 | 0.698 | 0.056 | −0.101 | 0.089 |
| GDRP 2. Poor transportation system | 0.194 | −0.192 | 0.078 | 0.792 | −0.011 | 0.309 | 0.001 |
| GDRP 3. Goods delivery methods | 0.030 | 0.162 | 0.213 | 0.827 | 0.241 | −0.026 | 0.118 |
| MRP 1. Not being open to innovation | 0.356 | 0.033 | 0.318 | 0.025 | −0.172 | 0.311 | 0.827 |
| MRP 2. Lack of professional employees | 0.406 | 0.268 | 0.031 | 0.121 | −0.075 | 0.053 | 0.718 |
| MRP 3. Lack of harmony among employees | 0.158 | 0.017 | 0.078 | 0.160 | 0.301 | −0.053 | 0.512 |