This study presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of firm and self-employed survival in the Spanish translation sector. In the midst of a global downturn firm and self-employed survival is a key factor for the progress of the economies and for a better and more stable future. The study presents, first of all, a review of the literature on translation, interpreting, career opportunities, and entrepreneurship, and firm survival. The following empirical analysis explores the combination of variables of human capital, contingency and economic investment that potentially drive translation and interpreting firms or self-employed entrepreneurs to survive. The study performs a comparative qualitative analysis with a fs/QCA methodology identifying nine combination of causes that lead to the outcome. The results contribute towards a better understanding of entrepreneur translators’ lifespan as they provide an empirical outlook on the different causal paths that predict the survival of those translation and interpreting firms or self-employed entrepreneurs. The last part concludes with the most relevant findings of this research study. With little literature on the topic of firm survival in the translation and interpreting sector the paper aims to fill this gap and make a valuable contribution to the current literature on translation-firm creation and firm and self-employed survival.

Diversos autores coinciden que la asociatividad, entre organizaciones empresariales independientes, resultaría ser una estrategia que al emplearla permite a las empresas generar beneficios que difícilmente podrían obtener si trabajan individualmente, permitiendo así enfrentar diversas barreras, que entre otros aspectos, pone en riesgo su tiempo de permanencia en el mercado. La estructura empresarial peruana se encuentra representada en un gran porcentaje por micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (Mipyme), cuya contribución en la economía no es consistente con la proporción que esta representa. Ello indica que estas empresas cuentan con potencial que no ha sido desarrollado y que le permitiría lograr un mayor aporte. Sin embargo, estas empresas, por su naturaleza, presentan obstáculos que impiden su continuidad en el mercado. El sector agropecuario en Perú, registra un crecimiento favorable cuyo impacto en el desarrollo del país cumple un rol esencial para el crecimiento de la economía de manera sostenible, aportando en la equidad y la generación de empleo, sobre todo a los pequeños productores peruanos. En ese sentido, la presente investigación plantea como objetivo principal determinar si la estrategia de asociatividad influye significativamente en la supervivencia empresarial de las Mipyme del sector agrario del Perú. A partir del planteamiento metodológico se elaboró un instrumento a medida, el cual se aplicó a cuarenta y nueve cooperativas del sector agrario, distribuidas a lo largo del territorio peruano. Luego de la recolección y el análisis estadístico de la información, se concluyó con la afirmación de la hipótesis general y las específicas planteadas en la investigación. / Various authors agree that associativity, between independent business organizations, would appear to be a strategy that, when used, allows companies to generate benefits that they could hardly obtain if they work individually, thus allowing them to face various barriers, which, among other aspects, put their time in the market at risk. The Peruvian business structure is represented in a large percentage by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (Mipyme), which contribution to the economy is not consistent with the proportion it represents. This indicates that these companies have not developed their potential that would allow them to achieve a greater contribution. However, these companies, by their nature, present obstacles that prevent their continuity in the market. The agricultural sector in Peru registers a favorable growth which impact on the country development plays an essential role for the economy growth in a sustainable way, contributing to equity and the generation of employment, especially to small Peruvian producers. In this sense, the main objective of this research is to determine if the associativity strategy significantly influences Mipyme’s factors of business survival in the Peruvian agricultural sector. Based on the methodological approach, a custom-made instrument was developed, which was applied to forty-nine cooperatives in the agricultural sector distributed throughout the Peruvian territory. After collecting and statistically analyzing the information, it was concluded with the affirmation of the general hypothesis and the specific ones raised in the research. / Tesis