The role of cash flow information in predicting corporate failure: The state of the literature

Managerial Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 3-28

  Sharma, Divesh S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Cash flow; Company failures; Modelling; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925940940     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350110767114     Document Type: Article

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