The Prediction of Corporate Failure: Testing the Australian Experience

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 23-50

  Castagna, A D ^a   Matolcsy, Z P ^a  

^a Kuring gai College of Advanced Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAILURES; MODELS; PREDICTIONS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970382909     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289628100600102     Document Type: Article

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