Small Enterprise Default Prediction Modeling through Artificial Neural Networks: An Empirical Analysis of Italian Small Enterprises

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-45

  Ciampi, Francesco ^a   Gordini, Niccolò ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 84870868252     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2012.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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