Integrating cognitive mapping and MCDA for bankruptcy prediction in small-And medium-sized enterprises

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 985-997

  Oliveira, Manuel D N T ^a   Ferreira, Fernando A F ^a,b   Pérez Bustamante Ilander, Guillermo O ^c   Jalali, Marjan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

bankruptcy prediction; cognitive mapping; MCDA; SMEs

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAPPING;

BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION; COGNITIVE MAPPING; EVALUATION CRITERIA; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; MCDA; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES; TRANSPARENT PROCESS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 85011827180     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41274-016-0166-3     Document Type: Article

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