Applying Z-score model to distinguish insolvent construction companies in China

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Thomas Ng, S ^a   Wong, James M W ^a   Zhang, Jiajie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction companies; Insolvency; Prediction model; Ratio analysis; Z Score

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MODELING;

CHINA;

EID: 79959278741     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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