A resource-based analysis of bankruptcy law, SMEs, and corporate recovery

Cook, Gary A. S., Pandit, Naresh R. and Milman, David (2012) A resource-based analysis of bankruptcy law, SMEs, and corporate recovery. International Small Business Journal-Researching Entrepreneurship, 30 (3). pp. 275-293. ISSN 0266-2426

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Abstract

The UK Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) is an early example of a bankruptcy regime designed to aid the rescue of financially distressed SMEs. Its efficacy hinges on its application to aid only viable companies with liquidation the preferred option for companies that are not viable. This paper proposes the resource-based view as a theoretical means to assess the viability of bankrupt SMEs. Seven hypotheses are tested and provide support for the central proposition, that a company which has resource strength, but is pushed into bankruptcy by temporary factors, is more likely to succeed in a CVA. The paper concludes that the resource-based view is useful for analysing the viability of bankrupt companies and that well-designed bankruptcy law can promote SMEs and entrepreneurship.

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:	04 Jul 2012 12:54
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 08:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39052
DOI:	10.1177/0266242611407409

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