...-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the pre-covid-19 period with 587,993 observations for 168,259 unique companies. Methods of logistic regression, bagging and boosting tree-based models are used to predict companies’ bankruptcy. Findings The results confirm that a broader set of variables improves...

...Argjente Qerimi; Besnik A. Krasniqi; Driton Balaj; Muhamet Aliu; Skender Ahmeti Purpose Insufficient internal financing capacities and challenges to accessing external finance are crucial to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) investment and growth. This study aims to investigate how SME...

..., by developing a specific predictive model for SMEs, thus filling a significant gap in management studies geared to the development of models of rating for large companies. Second, given the specific characteristics of SMEs and the less predictive potential that accounting information assumes for this category...

...Ahmad Raza Bilal; Muhammad Naveed; Farooq Anwar Purpose The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the short- and long-term financial strategies to augment SMEs’ performance in emerging markets. Using a resource-based theoretic perspective; the analysis has investigated...