Table II. PCA results on EFC Code Items...

Table II.

PCA results on EFC

Code	Items	Govt	Educ	Finance	Mkt	Infrastructure
cg2	In my country … The support for new and growing firms is a high priority for policy at the national government level	0.684
cg3	The support for new and growing firms is a high priority for policy at the local government level	0.672
cp3	There are an adequate number of government programs for new and growing businesses	0.574
cg1	Government policies (e.g. public procurement) consistently favor new firms	0.555
ce2	Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate instruction in market economic principles		0.773
ce3	Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate attention to entrepreneurship and new firm creation		0.758
ce1	Teaching in primary and secondary education encourages creativity, self-sufficiency and personal initiative		0.679
ce4	Colleges and universities provide good and adequate preparation for starting up and growing new firms		0.646
cf1	There is sufficient equity funding available for new and growing firms			0.786
cf3	There are sufficient government subsidies available for new and growing firms			0.603
cf5	There is sufficient venture capitalist funding available for new and growing firms			0.515
cm4	The new and growing firms can afford the cost of market entry				0.735
cm3	New and growing firms can easily enter new markets				0.706
ci3	A new or growing firm can get good access to communications (telephone, internet, etc.) in about a week					0.732
ci2	It is not too expensive for a new or growing firm to get good access to communications (phone, internet, etc.)					0.709
ci5	New or growing firms can get good access to utilities (gas, water, electricity and sewer) in about a month					0.5
Total variance explained
Percent		30.66	10.28	9.5	7.5	6.5
Cum percent		30.66	40.94	50.4	57.9	64.4
Eigen value		4.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1
Scale reliability analysis
Cronbach’s alpha		0.768	0.785	0.714	0.700	0.600

Code	Items	Govt	Educ	Finance	Mkt	Infrastructure
cg2	In my country …The support for new and growing firms is a high priority for policy at the national government level	0.684
cg3	The support for new and growing firms is a high priority for policy at the local government level	0.672
cp3	There are an adequate number of government programs for new and growing businesses	0.574
cg1	Government policies (e.g. public procurement) consistently favor new firms	0.555
ce2	Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate instruction in market economic principles		0.773
ce3	Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate attention to entrepreneurship and new firm creation		0.758
ce1	Teaching in primary and secondary education encourages creativity, self-sufficiency and personal initiative		0.679
ce4	Colleges and universities provide good and adequate preparation for starting up and growing new firms		0.646
cf1	There is sufficient equity funding available for new and growing firms			0.786
cf3	There are sufficient government subsidies available for new and growing firms			0.603
cf5	There is sufficient venture capitalist funding available for new and growing firms			0.515
cm4	The new and growing firms can afford the cost of market entry				0.735
cm3	New and growing firms can easily enter new markets				0.706
ci3	A new or growing firm can get good access to communications (telephone, internet, etc.) in about a week					0.732
ci2	It is not too expensive for a new or growing firm to get good access to communications (phone, internet, etc.)					0.709
ci5	New or growing firms can get good access to utilities (gas, water, electricity and sewer) in about a month					0.5
Total variance explained
Percent		30.66	10.28	9.5	7.5	6.5
Cum percent		30.66	40.94	50.4	57.9	64.4
Eigen value		4.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1
Scale reliability analysis
Cronbach’s alpha		0.768	0.785	0.714	0.700	0.600

Notes:

Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy = 0.838.

Bartlett’s test for sphericity = 1,934.08; and significance level = 0.000

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