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| | Item | Cronbach’s α | KMO |
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| Dependent variable |
| Competitive advantage | (i) Compared with projects of the same type, the profit of this project margins higher | 0.507 | 0.577 |
| (ii) Compared with projects of the same type, this project meets with more technical difficulties |
| (iii) Compared with projects of the same type, this project wins higher social appraisal |
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| Independent variables |
| Environment perception ability | (i) The company can grasp the newest information of competitors | 0.723 | 0.781 |
| (ii) The company spends a lot of efforts and time in gathering biding information |
| (iii) The company can detect and grasp industry trends timely |
| (iv) The company is ignorant about the development of new technology in international market (inverse problem) |
| (v) The company can detect and seize market opportunity properly |
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| Learning ability | (i) The company encourages employees to acquire knowledge through various means | 0.689 | 0.739 |
| (ii) The company does not encourage sharing knowledge among employees (inverse problem) |
| (iii) The company can apply new knowledge to work quickly and effectively |
| (iv) The company cannot provide innovative services to meet the needs of owners (inverse problem) |
| (v) The company has taken a reform in its management |
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| Integration and coordination | (i) Each department of the company has agreement on the company’s strategic goal | 0.864 | 0.852 |
| (ii) Each department of the company cooperates frequently |
| (iii) The company often makes strategic alliance with other companies |
| (iv) The company can adapt its development to changes in international environment |
| (v) The company changes its strategy slower than its competitors (inverse problem) |
| (vi) The company can adjust its role accurately according to the environmental change in international project market |
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| Business guanxi | (i) The company has a bad relationship with owners (inverse problem) | 0.831 | 0.839 |
| (ii) The company can communicate well with owners |
| (iii) The company builds a good relationship with supervisors |
| (vi) The company can communicate well with supervisors |
| (v) The company has a good relationship with suppliers |
| (vi) The company does not communicate well with suppliers |
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| Political guanxi | (i) The company maintains a good relationship with the host country | 0.753 | 0.688 |
| (ii) The company can obtain the information in relation to the project timely |
| (iii) The company does not receive financial support or preferential policies from the government of the host country (inverse problem) |
| (iv) The staffs of the company have a good interpersonal relationship in their personal life with government officers in the host country |
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