Bankruptcy Prediction for Innovative Companies

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The main purpose of this article is to identify the best neural network model algorithm and relevant set of variables for predicting financial distress/bankruptcy in innovative companies. While previous articles in this area considered neural network analysis for large companies from primary sectors of the economy, we take the novel approach of examining the less-explored area of innovative companies. First, we complete a comprehensive review of the relevant literature in order to define the best configuration of factors which can influence bankruptcy, network architecture and learning methodology. We apply our chosen method to a sample of companies from around the world, from industries which are considered innovative, and identify the dependence of bankruptcy probability on a set of factors which are reflected in the financial data of a company. Our evaluation is based on the financial data of 300 companies – 50 of them are bankrupts, and 250 are ‘healthy’. Our results represent the set of relevant factors for bankruptcy prediction and the appropriate neural network. We have applied a total of 19 factors characterising efficiency, liquidity, profitability, sustainability, and level of innovation. Our proposed analysis is appropriate for all sizes of companies. We provided two models in order to cater for the most confidence in terms of obtained results. The total predictive ability of the model developed in our research is almost 98%, which is extremely efficient, and corresponds to the results of the most modern methods. Both approaches demonstrated almost the same level of influence of factor groups on final bankruptcy probability.

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