A risk assessment for a country that includes all country risk variables, but excludes factors which are specific to a particular firm. An assessment that focuses on the risk of a country as it pertains to a specific MNC or type of business. Suppose that an MNC is considering establishing a foreign subsidiary in another country. To assess the risk of the country the MNC lists all political and financial factors which influence country risk, then rates the country in each of these areas before deriving an overall risk score. This technique for assessing country risk is an example of