“…Using principle component analysis, they identified four factors including competitive intelligence, competitive advantage, external factors and internal factors to promote the export of SMEs. Baheri et al (2016) determined factors influencing on food industry for development of export activities. Using principle component analysis based on varimax rotation, they determined six factors including social opportunities, international opportunities, customer orientation, business opportunities, new technologies, organizational capabilities, commercialization of ideas on the development of export markets.…”