Corporate rescue: Empirical evidence on company voluntary arrangements and small firms

Pandit, Naresh R., Cook, Gary A. S., Milman, David and Chittenden, Francis C. (2000) Corporate rescue: Empirical evidence on company voluntary arrangements and small firms. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 7 (3). pp. 241-254. ISSN 1462-6004

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the British company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which is a relatively new debtor rehabilitation process particularly intended to help financially troubled small firms resolve their difficulties. Based on a survey that is the largest and most comprehensive on the subject of British CVAs, this paper has three principal objectives: (i) to outline the characteristics of CVAs; (ii) to examine the relationships between CVA success and context; and (iii) to provide managerial and policy recommendations based on these findings. Among other things, the study finds that the overwhelming majority of CVAs are employed by small firms and that they can be particularly successful as a means of recovery when the economic fundamentals of the business are sound, regardless of the line of activity of the firm. Higher levels of success might be achieved, however, if the fixed costs of CVAs were subsidised in the case of very small firms and if more time were allowed during the process.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy (former - to 2019) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing
Depositing User:	Naresh Pandit
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2011 08:56
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2022 01:02
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/28556
DOI:	10.1108/EUM0000000006846

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