Measuring the "health" of Italian SMEs with insolvency prediction models Z '-ScoreM and D-Score. This book comes from the study of probability of Default began in 2007 and that continues to this day. In particular, this analysis is taken up with the study of the Rating and credit and liquidity risk during the PhD. the main objective will be to locate a model based on trusted variables for locating the State of health and level of risk of SMEs. Several studies have analyzed the probability of failure of large companies, listed companies or emerging markets, other studies have attempted to create a useful dashboard to the analysis of core indicators to be kept under observation, but still did not create a quantitative indicator of business health suited to Italian SMEs.

The bankruptcy prediction model Z-ScoreM for Italian Manufacturing Listed Companies and Z'-ScoreM for Italian Industrial Company. The work stems from the study of the probability of default started in 2007 and continues today. In particular, this analysis is taken up with the study of the Rating and the credit and liquidity risk carried out during the author's research doctorate. The study is the continuation of other recently published author's e-books. The main objective is to identify a model for Italian companies based on Altman's Z-Score variables. Several researchers have analyzed the probability of failure of large companies, listed or emerging markets, other authors have tried to create a dashboard useful for the analysis of key indicators to be monitored, but this research differs for the creation of a specific indicator for the Italian Industrial Companies based on Altman variables.

Crisis, Turnaround and Corporate Reorganization. It is a work born from the study of corporate crisis, the Default and the cleansing of the companies. Even before starting the PhD, the author has analyzed the risk of default of agri-business and the rating as a system for identifying the probability of default in a research consortium under a second level Master. After returning in 2010 for a research group on governance strategies Turnaround and decided to study the one hand and on the other the default remediation to understand when and how to effectively make a turnaround. Companies in crisis at some point in their life cycle are at a crossroads; on the one hand and on the other the default salvation and this is the time to enable an effective turnaround strategy that can bring the company back on track. The identification of these strategies is of paramount importance not only for scholars, but primarily for managers. First, an intervention is carried out and the results will be better.

This study examines the association between some governance variables and the risk of default of family and non-family firms. The paper also discusses the nature of family control and the differences to non-family control and their link to firm’s performance. The most relevant indicators utilised by the authors for identifies the probability of default are based on quantitative indicators, but the presence of independent directors or the managements turnover (in particular the change of CEO) are more important for the future life of the firms, especially in the crisis periods. These governance variables are more relevant for the firms that are controlled by founder’s family and in case of succession transition, that is one critical period for the firm. In this study we try to confirm the agency problems in family businesses highlighted by the literature as the relationship between Z-score and the presence of independent directors, the turnover of the directors and the change of CEO. Especially if the latter is also Chairman. We reaffirm in this analysis the necessary distinction between the capital and the company management.

These short stories were inspired by the period that has just passed and continues to this day. Some of the six short stories contained in this collection are full of hope for the future while others analyze reality with the eyes of the imagination that all writers are lucky enough to have. Obviously all references to facts and people are random since they originate from the author's imagination.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."Includes index. Bibliography: p. 355-361.

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