1st Edition

Early Warning Indicators of Corporate Failure A Critical Review of Previous Research and Further Empirical Evidence

By Richard Morris Copyright 1997
    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1997, this text focuses on the conundrum between the academics ability to distinguish between failing and non-failing businesses with models of over 85.5per cent accuracy, and the reasons why credit agencies and the like do not act on such information. The author asks, are the models defective?

    1. The Background  Part 1: Previous Research  2. Normative Theories of Corporate Failure  3. Positive Theories of Corporate Failure: I – Univariate Models  4. Positive Theories of Corporate Failure: II – Multivariate Models  5. Positive Theories of Corporate Failure: III – Iterative Models  6. Positive Theories of Corporate Failure: IV – Early Warning Studies  7. Positive Theories of Corporate Failure: V – Case Study Research  8. The Explanatory Variables: I – Financial Ratios  9. The Explanatory Variables: II – Non-Financial Ratio Indicators  Part 2: The Empirical Studies  10. The Data  11. Univariate Analysis  12. Multivariate Analysis: Logit and Survival Models  13. Multivariate Analysis: Iterative Models  14. Share Price Behaviour Models  15. Case Study Analysis 16. Summary and Conclusions.

    Biography

    Richard Morris