Table 1 Descriptive statistics Variable...

Table 1

Descriptive statistics

Variable		Obs	Mean	SD
Gender	Female	65	0.29	0.45
	Male	163	0.71	0.45
	Age	228	48.52	9.14
Education	College and Vocation	14	0.06	0.24
Education	High education	214	0.94	0.24
Industry	Health	54	0.24	0.43
	Information tech	60	0.26	0.44
	Construction	41	0.18	0.38
	Hospitality	52	0.23	0.42
	Financial services	21	0.09	0.29
Position	Owners	152	0.67	0.47
	Managers	76	0.33	0.47
	Experience	228	17	9.96
	Firm age	228	12.8	10.72
	Firm size	228	33.44	76.34
	New venture legitimacy diffusion beyond existing EE (LD)	228	3.58	0.81
	Passive local legitimacy within existing EE (PLL)	228	3.34	0.7
	Active local legitimacy within existing EE (ALL)	228	3.12	0.61
	Legitimacy brokerage (LB)	228	3.65	0.72
	Network activities (NET)	228	3.81	0.87

Variable		Obs	Mean	SD
Gender	Female	65	0.29	0.45
	Male	163	0.71	0.45
	Age	228	48.52	9.14
Education	College and Vocation	14	0.06	0.24
Education	High education	214	0.94	0.24
Industry	Health	54	0.24	0.43
	Information tech	60	0.26	0.44
	Construction	41	0.18	0.38
	Hospitality	52	0.23	0.42
	Financial services	21	0.09	0.29
Position	Owners	152	0.67	0.47
	Managers	76	0.33	0.47
	Experience	228	17	9.96
	Firm age	228	12.8	10.72
	Firm size	228	33.44	76.34
	New venture legitimacy diffusion beyond existing EE (LD)	228	3.58	0.81
	Passive local legitimacy within existing EE (PLL)	228	3.34	0.7
	Active local legitimacy within existing EE (ALL)	228	3.12	0.61
	Legitimacy brokerage (LB)	228	3.65	0.72
	Network activities (NET)	228	3.81	0.87

Source(s): Authors’ own work