Downfall of Large German Listed Companies: A Two-Dimensional Analysis of Failure Factors

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Sebastian Frericks examines, based on a qualitative content analysis, the factors that lead large German listed companies to downfall. He finds factors and motives uncaredfor as well as new interrelations between variables that can be used to develop a future-looking risk sensitivity based on a going-concern-principle. Therefore, he first works out latent factors that are primarily responsible for not preventing a firm from losing its independency. In a second step the motives of sellers in a company sale process are examined. Within the following comprehensive cross-study, the author presents relations between motives, factors, field of business and type of downfall. The results provide new insights for any organization to address the probabilities of failure and downfall and to think beyond about securing the company's existence. Front Matter ....Pages I-XV Introduction (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 1-5 Theoretical Considerations (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 7-29 Dataset (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 31-38 Methodology (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 39-46 Results (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 47-58 Key Findings and Conclusion (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 59-61 Critical Consideration and Further Research (Sebastian Frericks)....Pages 63-64 Back Matter ....Pages 65-105