This thesis provides an empirical analysis of financially distressed companies in the Australian context using survival analysis techniques. Three main assays are developed and presented in the thesis. The first assay explores the effect of financial ratios and other variables on corporate...

This study examines the determinants of multiple states of financial distress by applying a competing-risks model. It investigates the effect of financial ratios, market-based variables and company-specific variables, including company age, size and squared size on three different states of...

This study focuses on examining the level of technical efficiency and the efficiency changes in SMEs in Thailand from 2008 to 2010 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. The sample consists of 1,411 SMEs with completed data are obtained from the Ministry of Commerce's database. The...

This study investigates the influence of corporate governance attributes on the likelihood of survival for 127 new economy IPO companies that listed on the ASX between 1994 to 2002. We use survival analysis techniques utilizing the Cox proportional hazards model with three main categories of...