The Paper presents the results of an empirical and qualitative research carried out to study the effect of deals involving private equity funds on the financial network of Small Medium Entities (SMEs). Through direct interviews and questionnaires, a sample of 17 Italian deals during the period...

The quantitative analyses related to firms’ default prediction extensively analyzed which balance sheet ratios include significant information on the probability of default of a firm. These analyses are typically aimed at measuring a generic default risk, while no analyses are aimed at...