Table 1 Results of the measurement model...

Table 1

Results of the measurement model

Construct	Items	Cronbach's alpha	KMO	Weights
Stakeholders' engagement	Extent of your firm have cooperated with local	0.903	0.909
	Suppliers			0.79
	Competitors			0.766
	Clients			0.802
	Government officials			0.829
	Financial foundations (VCs, investors, business-angels)			0.765
	Universities and research institutions			0.805
	Industrial associations			0.795
Local knowledge	I often communicate with local professionals from my industry	0.877	0.812	0.903
	I monitor the performance of the organizations involved in the same industry			0.87
	I am often involved in a variety of formal or informal local seminars in the area of my business			0.844
	I often read relevant literature/news to get valuable information related to my business			0.8
Overseas knowledge	I continue to collect and use information about host-country environment during my start-up process	0.899	0.747	0.851
	I apply my experience obtained abroad in my current entrepreneurial practice			0.842
	I think the international practice of entrepreneurship is an effective way to deal with the home-environment change			0.802
Legitimacy	Domestic competitors have great respect for my company	0.825	0.763	0.803
	Domestic suppliers want to do business with my company			0.852
	Domestic customers highly evaluate my products			0.827
	The local government highly appraises my business			0.827
Performance in innovation	Compared with the domestic counterparts	0.925	0.893
	The company has developed a new product/technology			0.888
	The way for making the products/services has been greatly improved			0.848
	The company's product mix is fundamentally different			0.875
	Your business field has undergone major changes			0.854
	Your company's new products, services or new processes have a significant impact on the industry			0.917

Construct	Items	Cronbach's alpha	KMO	Weights
Stakeholders' engagement	Extent of your firm have cooperated with local	0.903	0.909
	Suppliers			0.79
	Competitors			0.766
	Clients			0.802
	Government officials			0.829
	Financial foundations (VCs, investors, business-angels)			0.765
	Universities and research institutions			0.805
	Industrial associations			0.795
Local knowledge	I often communicate with local professionals from my industry	0.877	0.812	0.903
	I monitor the performance of the organizations involved in the same industry			0.87
	I am often involved in a variety of formal or informal local seminars in the area of my business			0.844
	I often read relevant literature/news to get valuable information related to my business			0.8
Overseas knowledge	I continue to collect and use information about host-country environment during my start-up process	0.899	0.747	0.851
	I apply my experience obtained abroad in my current entrepreneurial practice			0.842
	I think the international practice of entrepreneurship is an effective way to deal with the home-environment change			0.802
Legitimacy	Domestic competitors have great respect for my company	0.825	0.763	0.803
	Domestic suppliers want to do business with my company			0.852
	Domestic customers highly evaluate my products			0.827
	The local government highly appraises my business			0.827
Performance in innovation	Compared with the domestic counterparts	0.925	0.893
	The company has developed a new product/technology			0.888
	The way for making the products/services has been greatly improved			0.848
	The company's product mix is fundamentally different			0.875
	Your business field has undergone major changes			0.854
	Your company's new products, services or new processes have a significant impact on the industry			0.917

Note(s): Legitimacy items capture stakeholder evaluation; loyalty, dedication, reciprocity, and trust are discussed in the manuscript as Guanxi-related behavioral dimensions used to interpret that evaluation

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