“…Firm age appears as a prolific field of research today in most relevant journals (Coad et al, (2017). Age has been used as a variable to explain performance (Van Stel et al 2017), survival (Carr, Haggard, Hmieleski, & Zahra, 2010, Reis & Augusto 2014b, firm risk taking (Chrisman & Patel, 2012;Desai, 2008), growth (Ahlstrom, Young, Chan, & Bruton, 2004), experience (Desai, 2008), valuation (Reis &Augusto (2013 and more recently in the influence of international entry modes choice (Xie, 2017).…”