Predicting corporate failure in the UK: A multidimensional scaling approach

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 677-710

  Neophytou, Evi ^a   Molinero, Cecilio Mar ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 13644280436     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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