In this study, we apply several advanced machine learning techniques including extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost … Belgian Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) during the period 2002-2012. Using the above-mentioned machine learning …

SME default prediction is a long-standing issue in the finance and management literature. Proper estimates of the SME …- and employee-related variables into SME prediction models can improve their predictive power. To test our hypotheses, we … use a unique sample of SMEs and propose a novel and more accurate predictor of SME default, the Omega Score, developed by …

SME default prediction is a long-standing issue in the finance and management literature. Proper estimates of the SME …- and employee-related variables into SME prediction models can improve their predictive power. To test our hypotheses, we … use a unique sample of SMEs and propose a novel and more accurate predictor of SME default, the Omega Score, developed by …