Author(s);"Cumulative Survival Rate";"Source of Data" "1 Yr.";"2 Yrs.";"4 Yrs.";"5 Yrs.";"7 Yrs.";"10 Yrs." "Dunne et al. (1989)*";–;–;–;43.4%;–;26.3%;"U.S. Census of Manufacturers; 219,754 manufacturing plants; 1963–1982" "Audretsch (1991)*";–;77.4%;63.1%;–;–;35.4%;"Small Business Database; 11,154 manufacturing firms; 1976–1986" "Agarwal and Audretsch (2001)*";93.6%;–;–;66.1%;–;48.7%;"Thomas Register of Manufacturers; 3,431 firms; 1906–1991" "Exponential model Morris (2009)*";90.6%;82.1%;67.4%;61.1%;–;37.4%;"Small Business Administration; 5.7 million firms in all sectors; 2003–2004" "Knaup (2005)** and Piazza (2008)**";81.2%;65.8%;44.4%;38.3%;34.4%;–;"Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages; 8.9 million firms in all sectors; 1998–2005"