… With the companies all in the same industry, there was no need to use the Platt and Platt (1991a)
industry-relative normalization. The list of companies provided by BBK Ltd. was …

… In Pantalone and Platt's recent study of commercial bank failure, they tested the model
using data from a new time period and found relatively stable ex ante classification results. …

Despite the growing recognition of industrial design's value in creating sustainable competitive
advantage, few studies have attempted to quantify the contribution that design makes to …

… The second sample of companies was also taken from Platt and Platt (1990). These 68
equally matched … and MB Platt, 1987a, Predicting failure of savings and loan associations, …

Prior application of neural networks in finance and accounting, notably in bankruptcy
prediction, are limited to back-propagation neural networks. Their well-known disadvantages, …

Classroom discussion is one of the most frequently used and often embraced pedagogical
strategies. In attempting to enhance participation quality and discussion effectiveness, there …

For the most part, research purporting to address the issue of financial distress has actually
studied samples of bankrupt companies. Financial distress and bankruptcy are different. In …

… The results of this study, like those reported by Platt and Platt (1990 and 199 1) suggest
that early warning model classification results are substantially improved when raw data are …

An exploratory study was conducted to examine management control issues in new product
development (NPD). The study focused on three management control aspects that NPD …

… To minimize the effects of industry-specific factors of production and structure, we adopted
the industry-relative approach advocated by Platt and Platt,1 which normalizes a company’s …