“…Based on a review of the empirical studies into firms' survival (see Table 1), there are several factors that can be considered as the determining factors for firm survival, such as: Business orientation (Hakala, 2013); product innovation (Cefis & Marsili, 2006;Löfsten, 2016); human resources' reputation (Berbegal-Mirabent, Ribeiro-Soriano, & García, 2015); business planning (Indarti & Langenberg, 2004;Löfsten, 2016); business models' innovation (Velu, 2015); export activity (Dzhumashev, Mishra, & Smyth,2016); government support (Sørheim, Widding, Oust, & Madsen, 2011;Payumo, Arasu, Fauzi, Siregar, & Noviana, 2014); and business incubators (Schwartz, 2013;Mas-Verdú, Ribeiro-Soriano, & Roig-Tierno, 2015). In general, the determining factors of firm survival can be classified into internal and external factors.…”