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It’s a big question, and one that nearly every entrepreneur and economist grapples with: how long do businesses generally survive? 一家企业通常能生存多长时间？这是个很难回答的问题，也是令几乎所有企业家和经济学家感到头疼的问题。 A group of scientists appear to have at least partially unlocked the answer, with a somewhat surprising result: publicly-traded companies die —through acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcy or other reasons — at the same rate irrespective of how well-established they are, or what they actually do. 一个科学家小组似乎已经找到了至少一部分答案。他们发现，上市公司因并购、破产等原因而消亡的速度完全相同，且与其声望和所属行业没有关系。这个结论多少有些出人意料。 The magic number, a new study from scientists at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico reveals, is about 10 years. 美国新墨西哥州圣菲研究所的科学家们经研究发现，这一神奇的数字约为10年。 The study, published in the journal Royal Science Interfaceand conducted by three researchers, was led by then-undergraduate fellow Madeleine Daepp under the guidance of Marcus Hamilton, Professor Luis Bettencourt and Distinguished Professor Geoffrey West. 这项研究成果刊登在月刊《Journal of the Royal Society Interface》上。研究小组由三人组成，以马德琳o德普为首，当时她还是一名本科生研究员。指导该小组的有博士后研究员马库斯o汉密尔顿、路易斯o贝登古尔教授和特聘教授杰弗里o韦斯特。 | 
