This book provides a new point of view on the subject of business failure prediction, through the application of multicriteria analysis methods. The aim of the book is to provide a review of the research in the area and to explore the adequacy of these methods to one of the most complex problems in the area of financial management. In addition, the book explores the applications of the methods so that it can become a very useful tool for researchers and practitioners. The analysis of the modeling and the results in these applications provides the background for further employment of the methods.

List of Tables. List of Figures. Prologue. I: Business Failure Research: Some Statistics, Methods, Models and Variables. II: Multicriteria Decision Aid Methodology. III: ELECTRE TRI Method and Business Failure Prediction. IV: Rough Sets and Business Failure Prediction. V: Preference Disaggregation Method and Business Failure Prediction. Conclusions. References.