This paper focuses on the development of both failure prediction models on a paired sample and a random sample of small and medium-sized firms with head offices located in the region of Castilla y León (Spain), in order to prove if the predictive power of the developed models is affected by the...

El objetivo de este artículo es la obtención de sendos modelos de predicción del fracaso empresarial en una muestra emparejada y otra aleatoria de pequeñas y medianas empresas con domicilio en Castilla y León (España), a fin de determinar si el poder predictivo de los modelos elaborados...

The application of statistics in business is essential in order to make decisions in a rigorous and reliable way. One of the fields where forecasting methods are important focuses on business failure. In a comparative study, discriminant analysis and logistic regression are applied on a sample...