Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia
The problem of corporate bankruptcies has intrigued the scientific community for years due to its practical significance. There is no country whose economic well-being is not affected by business failures. The research problem stems from the lack of analyses related to the issue of business failures...
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University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, Subotica
2023-01-01
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| description | The problem of corporate bankruptcies has intrigued the scientific community for years due to its practical significance. There is no country whose economic well-being is not affected by business failures. The research problem stems from the lack of analyses related to the issue of business failures in the the Republic of Serbia. The main aim of this research paper is to determine whether ratio indicators are relevant in predicting business failure one, two and three years before bankruptcy proceedings start. The research was conducted on a sample of 100 companies from the teritorry of Serbia. The data for ratios calculation was taken from the official website of the Business Registers Agency. Statistical analysis is based on Mann-Whitney test, which is used to identify differences between two groups with respect to a variable (ratio). The test was conducted in IBM's SPSS v.26 tool. Results of the research indicate that financial ratios can be useful for business failure prediction even three years before bankruptcy proceedings start, since there are statistically significant differences in ratio values between bankrupt and solvent companies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f71bdbf8c22b4993a673d45a81d66c7b2023-08-14T09:06:10ZengUniversity of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, SuboticaAnali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici0350-21202683-41622023-01-0120234967830350-21202349067KFinancial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from SerbiaKušter Denis0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-6792University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Subotica, SerbiaThe problem of corporate bankruptcies has intrigued the scientific community for years due to its practical significance. There is no country whose economic well-being is not affected by business failures. The research problem stems from the lack of analyses related to the issue of business failures in the the Republic of Serbia. The main aim of this research paper is to determine whether ratio indicators are relevant in predicting business failure one, two and three years before bankruptcy proceedings start. The research was conducted on a sample of 100 companies from the teritorry of Serbia. The data for ratios calculation was taken from the official website of the Business Registers Agency. Statistical analysis is based on Mann-Whitney test, which is used to identify differences between two groups with respect to a variable (ratio). The test was conducted in IBM's SPSS v.26 tool. Results of the research indicate that financial ratios can be useful for business failure prediction even three years before bankruptcy proceedings start, since there are statistically significant differences in ratio values between bankrupt and solvent companies.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0350-2120/2023/0350-21202349067K.pdfbusiness failurebankruptcyfinancial distressmann-whitneyfinancial ratios |
| spellingShingle | Kušter Denis Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia Anali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici business failure bankruptcy financial distress mann-whitney financial ratios |
| title | Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_full | Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_fullStr | Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_short | Financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_sort | financial ratio indicators as early predictors of business failure evidence from serbia |
| topic | business failure bankruptcy financial distress mann-whitney financial ratios |
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