Predictors of financially distressed small and medium-sized enterprises: A case of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau, Zainudin, Nasruddin, Ahmad, Abd Halim @ Hamilton, Md Rus, Rohani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11731/1/nUR.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11731/; http://www.ipedr.com/vol76/018-ICEFR2014-F309.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study aims to investigate factors contributing to financial distress among manufacturing SMEs.By employing the logistic regression, we find that age, size, debt ratio, sales to total assets and net income to share capital could predict financially distressed SMEs for the 4-year prior to distres...