This study aims to identify the financial predictors and processes of (non-)bankrupt exporters' failure in five European countries. A novel theoretical concept of financial processes based on the dynamic evolution of different types of financial crises was created. Relying on gaps in the...

Payout (dividend) policy has been a controversial topic for decades. Theoretical and empirical literature has listed dozens of factors that could affect firm's payout decisions. Current paper analyses the influence of financial performance on firms' payout decisions based on a large sample of...

The extant literature on the association of political connectedness and performance of large firms has led to controversial results, while the context of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has largely been overlooked in relevant studies. To resolve these gaps, the objective of...