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Determinants of translation-firm survival: A fuzzy set analysis

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Abstract This article presents an empirical analysis of determinants of the survival of firm or self-employed workers in the Spanish translation sector. In the midst of a global downturn, the survival of firm and self-employed workers is a key factor for the progress of the economy and for a better and more stable future. The analysis explores the combination of variables including human capital, contingency and economic investment that potentially drive translation and interpreting firms to survive. The study performs a comparative qualitative analysis using a fs/QCA methodology and identify seven combinations of causes that lead to the outcome. The results show that different causal paths predict the survival of those translation and interpreting firms or self-employed entrepreneurs. With little literature on the topic of firm survival in the translation sector, the research aims to fill that gap and make a valuable contribution to the current literature.