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Table II.

Environmental characteristics of the product market of local industrial technology development programs in Phases 2 and 3

Environmental characteristics	Mean
Complexity
1) Diversity of demand	3.8	3.5
2) Diversity of competitive products	3.5
3) Complexity of production technology	3.7
4) Variety of distribution and sales channels	3.3
5) Complexity of government policies and related laws	3.0
Dynamics
6) Frequency of new product development by competitors	3.4	3.4
7) Introduction of new technologies by competitors	3.4
8) Changes in material/technologies related to products	3.5
9) Changes in product use and demand patterns	3.5
10) The speed at which products become outdated	3.3
Competitiveness
11) The degree of increase in the number of domestic and overseas competitors	3.3	3.4
12) The degree of price competition between competitors	3.5
13) Increasing production costs and decreasing profitability	3.4
14) Degree of lack of technical staff	3.6
15) Slowdown of market growth and demand decline	3.1

Environmental characteristics	Mean
Complexity
1) Diversity of demand	3.8	3.5
2) Diversity of competitive products	3.5
3) Complexity of production technology	3.7
4) Variety of distribution and sales channels	3.3
5) Complexity of government policies and related laws	3.0
Dynamics
6) Frequency of new product development by competitors	3.4	3.4
7) Introduction of new technologies by competitors	3.4
8) Changes in material/technologies related to products	3.5
9) Changes in product use and demand patterns	3.5
10) The speed at which products become outdated	3.3
Competitiveness
11) The degree of increase in the number of domestic and overseas competitors	3.3	3.4
12) The degree of price competition between competitors	3.5
13) Increasing production costs and decreasing profitability	3.4
14) Degree of lack of technical staff	3.6
15) Slowdown of market growth and demand decline	3.1