Table 2

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix

MeanS.D.MinMax123456789
1.IE4.633.500.9620.661.00        
2.FE0.320.300.001.56−0.26*1.00       
3.Population3.95E+074.40E+072.46E+062.65E+080.37*−0.28*1.00      
4.Unemployment8.485.970.1427.47−0.25*0.07−0.091.00     
5.GDP growth1.442.73−9.009.420.31*−0.16*0.16*−0.23*1.00    
6.Innovation8669142911767899−0.16*0.040.32*−0.14*−0.041.00   
7.Primary education1045.25941250.23*−0.070.060.020.10−0.121.00  
8.Startup registration procedure6.942.942.0017.000.34*−0.51*0.44*−0.040.12−0.020.24*1.00 
9.Time to register a property28.8329.621.00150.00−0.10−0.120.09−0.080.000.18*−0.120.021.00
10.Trade in services19.3713.123.94123.53−0.20*0.24*−0.39*−0.15*0.01−0.19*−0.24*−0.31*−0.02
11.Manufacturing15.035.235.7933.110.25*−0.34*0.24*−0.43*0.33*0.07−0.15*0.21*0.08
12.Industry26.227.4513.6869.760.41*−0.21*0.30*−0.44*0.31*0.000.040.27*−0.03
13.Year20123.31200620170.080.020.13*0.050.010.020.05−0.13*−0.17*
14.National governance0.400.88−1.681.67−0.58*0.49*−0.37*−0.06−0.25*0.28*−0.27*−0.54*−0.04
15.ISC4.760.453.835.650.30*−0.46*0.30*0.120.01−0.120.24*0.65*−0.14*
16.IGC5.650.324.946.520.39*−0.18*0.09−0.010.23*−0.22*0.41*0.24*−0.05
17.UA4.420.643.165.610.49*−0.36*0.36*0.17*0.16*−0.29*0.090.45*0.06
18.ASS3.620.502.665.140.22*0.040.25*−0.090.16*−0.050.110.100.11
19.FO5.400.434.336.200.51*−0.40*0.34*−0.050.21*−0.17*0.110.44*−0.09
1011121314151617181920212223
1.IE              
2.FE              
3.Population              
4.Unemployment              
5.GDP growth              
6.Innovation              
7.Primary education              
8.Startup registration procedure              
9.Time to register a property              
10.Trade in services1.00             
11.Manufacturing0.31*1.00            
12.Industry0.010.54*1.00           
13.Year0.08−0.050.051.00          
14.National governance0.38*−0.17*−0.37*−0.19*1.00         
15.ISC−0.23*0.080.090.07−0.54*1.00        
16.IGC−0.31*0.010.19*0.06−0.54*0.33*1.00       
17.UA−0.30*0.17*0.33*0.15*−0.87*0.53*0.59*1.00      
18.ASS−0.080.17*0.43*0.14*−0.22*−0.120.44*0.32*1.00     
19.FO−0.30*0.35*0.47*0.14*−0.77*0.57*0.56*0.78*0.33*1.00    

Note(s): IE = informal entrepreneurship, FE = formal entrepreneurship, NGov = national governance, ISC = institutional collectivism, IGC = in-group collectivism, UA = uncertainty avoidance, ASS = assertiveness, FO = future orientation

36 countries, N = 236, *p < 0.05

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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