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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Do geography and institutions affect entrepreneurs’ future business plans? Insights from Greece

Variables

Obs

Mean or Percent

Std. Dev

Min

Max

‘First-nature’ geography

     

• Sea access

885

4.97

2.16

1

7

• Natural resources

869

3.65

2.10

1

7

• Natural environment

875

4.95

1.63

1

7

‘Second-nature’ geography

     

• Proximity to competitors

871

4.03

1.88

1

7

• Proximity to the capital

869

3.93

1.98

1

7

• Country location

872

4.10

2.04

1

7

Institutions

     

• Corruption

821

5.96

1.34

1

7

• Local governance

825

5.53

1.48

1

7

Controls

     

• Domestic

935

92.12

   

• Foreign

80

7.88

   

• Manufacturing

223

21.97

   

• Services

792

78.03

   

• Very small firm

286

28.18

   

• Small firm

425

41.87

   

• Medium firm

228

22.46

   

• Large firm

76

7.49

   

• Nr of Establishments = 1

644

66.39

   

• Nr of Establishments > 1

326

33.61

   

• Tax policy

833

6.54

0.95

1

7

• Infrastructure

817

5.93

1.20

1

7