This study investigates the potential relationship between bankruptcy risks, and financial and non-financial characteristics in small businesses. Given the importance of small businesses to a country's economy, identifying factors that leads to small business bankruptcy is important for...

Knowing whether an organization will fail is useful information for investors and other stakeholders. Looking to 36 New Zealand corporate failures (2001-2010), we find that anticipation of their demise was not clearly signalled in the public media. The question then emerges as to whether better...