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Table 1

(Survey 1) Construct measurement, CFA results and construct reliability

Constructs/items	Standardized loadings^b	CR	AVE
Govt./Quasi-govt. EPPs		0.843	0.730
1. Financial support from government	0.891
2. Marketing support from government	0.815
3. Marketing support from exporters' association	0.815
Nongovernment EPPs		0.750	0.500
1. Financial support from private commercial banks and insurance companies	0.669
2. Marketing support from other institutions like export trading companies	0.624
International EO		0.866	0.521
1. Our top managers have usually spent some time abroad to visit^a
2. Our top management actively seeks contact with suppliers or clients in international markets	0.745
3. Our top management regularly monitors the trend of export markets^a
4. Our top management focuses more on opportunities than risks abroad	0.779
5. Our top management believes that, owing to the nature of the international business environment, it is best to explore opportunities abroad gradually via cautious, incremental steps	0.769
6. Our top managers have a shared vision toward the risks of foreign markets	0.677
7. When confronted with international decision-making situations, we typically adopt a cautious, wait-and-see posture to minimize the chance of making costly mistakes^a
8. We are willing to try new ways of doing things and seek unusual, novel solutions	0.756
9. We constantly search for new overseas customers^a
10. We always try to serve our existing/new overseas customers with new products/service offerings	0.587
Export financial performance		0.734	0.490
1. Export sales volume	0.737
2. Export sales growth	0.799
3. Export profitability	0.526
Product-market performance		0.72	0.560
1. New market entry	0.672
2. New product introduction	0.818

Constructs/items	Standardized loadings^b	CR	AVE
Govt./Quasi-govt. EPPs		0.843	0.730
1. Financial support from government	0.891
2. Marketing support from government	0.815
3. Marketing support from exporters' association	0.815
Nongovernment EPPs		0.750	0.500
1. Financial support from private commercial banks and insurance companies	0.669
2. Marketing support from other institutions like export trading companies	0.624
International EO		0.866	0.521
1. Our top managers have usually spent some time abroad to visit^a
2. Our top management actively seeks contact with suppliers or clients in international markets	0.745
3. Our top management regularly monitors the trend of export markets^a
4. Our top management focuses more on opportunities than risks abroad	0.779
5. Our top management believes that, owing to the nature of the international business environment, it is best to explore opportunities abroad gradually via cautious, incremental steps	0.769
6. Our top managers have a shared vision toward the risks of foreign markets	0.677
7. When confronted with international decision-making situations, we typically adopt a cautious, wait-and-see posture to minimize the chance of making costly mistakes^a
8. We are willing to try new ways of doing things and seek unusual, novel solutions	0.756
9. We constantly search for new overseas customers^a
10. We always try to serve our existing/new overseas customers with new products/service offerings	0.587
Export financial performance		0.734	0.490
1. Export sales volume	0.737
2. Export sales growth	0.799
3. Export profitability	0.526
Product-market performance		0.72	0.560
1. New market entry	0.672
2. New product introduction	0.818

Note(s): ^aIndicates item that was dropped in the exploratory stage due to poor factor loadings; ^bAll standardized coefficient loadings are significant at p < 0.01

CR = Composite reliability; AVE = Average variance extracted

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