This diploma thesis deals with the insolvency administrator. The objects of this work are mainly are the duties that insolvency administrator has to execute during the insolvency proceeding and the necessary requirements for the performance of the insolvency administrator's function. The objective of this work is to clarify the role of insolvency administrator in the particular phases of insolvency proceedings in general terms and the definition of his position and responsibilities in different types of insolvency proceedings. The aim of this work is also to analyze the assumptions that insolvency administrator must meet in order to obtain permission to perform the function of the insolvency administrator.

Liest und verfolgt man die diversen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit ergangenen Pres­severlautbarungen und Stellungnahmen zum Thema Überschuldung im Allgemeinen und dem insolvenzrechtlichen Überschuldungsbegriff im Besonderen, drängt sich einem der Verdacht auf, dass ein wie auch immer geartetes Problembewusstsein zu diesem Thema gewollt in die Bedeutungslosigkeit geschrieben worden ist. Nach überwiegend herrschender Meinung seien die insolvenzrechtliche Überschuldung und der damit einhergehende Insolvenzantragsgrund mittlerweile obsolet. Dieser Meinungsstand verwundert doch stark angesichts der nach wie vor hohen Anzahl an Unternehmensinsolvenzen, insbesondere im Bereich mittelständischer Unternehmen. Obgleich bei einem Gutteil der betroffenen Unternehmen als Insolvenzantragsgrund die Zahlungsunfähigkeit angegeben worden ist, darf dies nicht darüber hinweg täuschen, dass einer Illiquidität in aller Regel eine Überschuldung vorausgeht. Dabei spielt es objektiv betrachtet keine Rolle, ob es sich um eine bilanzielle, rechnerische oder insolvenzrechtliche Überschuldung handelt; in allen Fällen vermag das Vermögen die Schulden nicht mehr zu decken, m.a.W.: die Schuldendeckungsfähigkeit ist nicht mehr gegeben. Die Erhaltung der Schuldendeckungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens ist so gesehen der erste Schritt zur Insolvenzprophylaxe. Allerdings sind die normierten handelsrechtlichen Rechnungslegungsvorschriften aus vielerlei Gründen nur bedingt geeignet, die Schuldendeckungsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens verlässlich zu überprüfen. Insoweit erscheint es folgerichtig, gerade für die mittelständische GmbH eine Ergänzung der aktuellen Rechnungslegung durch eine permanente Schuldendeckungskontrolle, wie sie bereits durch die ältere Zerschlagungsstatik bzw. statische Interpretation der Bilanz gefordert wurde, vorzusehen und damit den organschaftlichen Vertreter der mittelständischen GmbH in die Lage zu versetzen, im Rahmen seiner Selbstinformationsverpflichtung den Bestand des Unternehmens zu sichern und die externen Gläubiger angemessen zu schützen. Die präventive Anwendung der insolvenzrechtlichen Überschuldungsprüfung nach § 19 InsO zur Schuldendeckungskontrolle ermöglicht dem organschaftlichen Vertreter zweierlei: In Abhängigkeit von der Frühzeitigkeit der Vornahme einer solchen Prüfungshandlung kann deren Informationsgehalt entweder insolvenzprophylaktisch im Sinne einer erfolgreichen außergerichtlichen Sanierung wirken oder aber zumindest den Weg zu einer rechtzeitigen und geordneten Insolvenzantragstellung weisen. Das Ergebnis der Überschuldungsprüfung kann so dazu beitragen, erste Indikatoren bestehender Fehlentwicklungen und Schieflagen bereits im Vorfeld einer sich abzeichnenden Krise aufzuzeigen. Anzeichen dieser Art sind in aller Regel schon lange vor Eintritt der Insolvenzantragspflicht im Zahlenwerk der betreffenden Unternehmen erkennbar.

LL.M. (Corporate Law) / Please refer to full text to view abstract.

Varje år går tusentals företag i konkurs, vilket innebär förluster för samhället i stort och för de intressenter som på något sätt kan förknippas till företaget. För banken som lånar ut krediter till företag som går i konkurs innebär det kreditförluster om det inte finns säkerheter som täcker lånet. Därför är behovet av tidiga varningssignaler av stor betydelse för intressenter. Syftet med detta arbete är att teoretiskt analysera och empiriskt pröva varningssignaler för konkurser samt förklara signaler om förestående konkurs i kreditbedömning. Studiens resultat visar att risker för konkurser kan upptäckas med hjälp av finansiella och icke-finansiella nyckeltal. Resultatet i denna studie visar att återbetalningsförmåga, vilket består av soliditet och likviditet är den viktigaste varningssignaler bland de finansiella nyckeltalen. Revisionsanmärkningar, bankens egna mätinstrument, erfarenhet och VD:ns ålder är de viktigaste varningssignalerna bland de icke-finansiella nyckeltalen. Resultatet visar även att dessa varningssignaler blir starkare desto närmare konkurs företaget är. / Every year thousands of firms file for bankruptcy, creating considerable loses for the society and stakeholders associated with the firm. A bankruptcy by a firm, that a bank have loaned money to, can also affect the bank considerably if there are not assets enough to cover the outstanding debt. Considering the negative consequences of a bankruptcy it is of paramount interest to be able to spot early warning signals. The study shows that bankruptcy risks can be detected with the help of the firm´s financial and non-financial key assessment indicators.  The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically study warning signals of bankruptcies, in order to identify and explain the signals in the credit assessments before occurrence of the bankruptcy.  The result of this study shows that the refund assessment consisting of solidity and liquidity are the most important warning signals among the financial key assessment indicators. Remarks, the bank´s own measuring instrument, experience, and the CEO´s age are the most important warning signals among non-financial key assessment indicators. Additionally, results show that the warning signals become stronger the closer the company proceeds towards bankruptcy.

This diploma thesis is focused on the evaluation of the efficiency of selected bankruptcy models in the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part the basic terminology and methodology of bankruptcy models creation are introduced. In addition are mentioned, model constraints, an overview of the indicators used, and information about model accuracy. This part also presents analyzed models and methods of assessing the reliability of bankruptcy models. In the practical part, the reliability of selected bankruptcy models is evaluated and a new bankruptcy model is built.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The subject of prediction of business failure from an academic point of view dates back to the turn of the century with the development of a single ratio, the current ratio, as an evaluation of credit-worthiness. Subsequently studies conducted have become complex using different statistical techniques and more than one variable to predict failure. The challenge in these studies has been to establish a reliable model to predict failure. The aim of this report was to find out which financial factors best predicted failure in the South African environment using a matched study by refining some elements of the study conducted by Court (1993). The data used was similar to that of Court (1993), which was independently obtained from the Bureau of Financial Analysis of the University of Pretoria. The variables used in the study were then computed from this raw data. The variables were then imputed into the stataΤΜ statical software package to run a conditional logistic regression model. As a result of a small sample size and a substantial number of missing variables in the sample size, the study did not reveal an accurate indication of the important variable. It was also found that with the instability and general complexity of conditional logistic regression the study need not have been a matched study. The recommendation is that future research be done with a larger sample size using the same methodology. It is also recommended that the data include non-financial variables. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die voorspelling van besigheidsmislukkings as 'n akademiese onderwerp, dateer vanaf die begin van die vorige eeu met die ontwikkeling van 'n enkele verhouding, die bedryfsverhouding, as maatstaf van kredietwaardigheid. Die toepassing van statistiese tegnieke en inkorporasie van meerdere veranderlikes het aan verdere studies 'n hoë mate van kompleksiteit verleen. Die gevolglike uitdaging was om 'n betroubare model te ontwikkel om besighiedsmislukkings akkuraat te kan voorspel. Die doel van hierdie verslag is om aan te dui welke finansiele faktore mees gepas sal wees om besigheidsmislukkings in die Suid Afrikaanse omgewing te voorspel. Die verslag gee weer die bevindinge van 'n gepaarde studie wat gegrond is op 'n verfyning van sekere elemente soos geneem uit die Court studie van 1993. Die data gebruik, is baie soos die wat die Court studie onderlê en is onafhanklik verkry vanaf die Bureau vir Finansiele Analise (Universiteit van Pretoria). Die veranderlikes wat in die studie gebruik is gebaseer op hierdie rou data en is ingesleutel en verwerk deur die stataΤΜ statistiese sagteware program na 'n kondisionele, logiese regressie model. As gevolg van 'n klein steekproef en 'n beduidenswaardige aantal ontbrekende veranderlikes in hierdie steekproef, kon die studie nie 'n belangrike veranderlike met akkuraatheid aandui nie. Dit is ook bevind dat die onstabiliteit en algemene kompleksiteit van die kondisionele, logiese regressie model die gebruik van 'n gepaarde studie onnodig gelaat het. Die aanbeveling is dat verdere navorsing dieselfde metodologie sal toepas op 'n groter steekproef. Dit word ook aanbeveel dat nie-finansiele veranderlikes by die data ingesluit word.

This doctoral submission represents over ten years of focused research that has resulted in a unique collection of academic and professional articles. The epithet "unique" is adopted to reflect that over those years this area of study has been relatively untouched by other academic researchers. This submission presents a total of eight academic and seven professional journal publications that chronicle the major output of numerous research projects undertaken between 1992 and 2002. The publications adhere to a central aim - to investigate the practical use and complex interactions between stakeholders of the individual insolvency rescue vehicle the Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). The research projects employed a variety of relevant methodologies to populate an emerging conceptual model of the prime factors affecting the incidence, usage and outcomes of IVA cases. The first five articles report and develop the data collected during the various projects. The articles build on each other, analysing results and comparing these with previous studies to underline reliability in the data. The final three articles draw threads from the research data and develop the conceptual model further. As a research progression this submission contains all of the necessary ingredients of a doctoral thesis. It focuses on a discrete body of knowledge, builds on a conceptual model, gathers valuable data and tests it, draws strong conclusions and, finally, establishes and contributes new theory in this area of study.

A tese parte da análise jurídica do concurso das sociedades cooperativas para abordar as disciplinas concursais de insolvência civil, recuperação de empresas e falência, bem como as normas de liquidação aplicáveis às cooperativas no direito brasileiro e comparado. O direito concursal hodierno dispõe de mecanismos recuperativos em caso de crise financeira, e liquidatórios, com normas que primam pela eficiência dos institutos do direito concursal e pela continuação da atividade produtiva, com o fim de beneficiar o credor, devedor e a coletividade. Tende-se a adotar o princípio de unidade legal, de sistema e de disciplina, com pressuposto subjetivo unificado, abrangendo todos os devedores, inclusive as sociedades cooperativas, que quando organizadas como empresas são empresárias de economia social, com natureza jurídica e estrutura que beneficiam a coletividade. O Brasil não adota o princípio da unidade, nem reconhece as sociedades cooperativas como empresas, com a exclusão das cooperativas da lei de recuperação e falências, o que fere as orientações internacionais de incentivo e de tratamento não discriminatório às sociedades cooperativas e surge como mais um obstáculo ao seu desenvolvimento no Brasil. Este estudo teórico-descritivo subdivide-se em três capítulos: o primeiro aborda a doutrina e a normativa do direito concursal com enfoque na sociedade cooperativa, analisando a evolução do direito concursal, os pressupostos subjetivos e os institutos do direito concursal brasileiro, inclusive os aplicáveis às sociedades cooperativas; o segundo aprofunda o estudo da sociedade cooperativa como empresa de economia social para demonstrar a sua realidade econômica empresarial e as suas características estruturais, além de as orientações internacionais sobre a promoção da cooperativa; e o terceiro avalia a adequação do direito concursal das cooperativas no Brasil e formula proposições sobre a matéria. A relação teoria e prática tem como base as decisões judiciais existentes sobre a matéria. / The thesis begins with the legal analysis of the bankruptcy of cooperative societies to address the legal types of bankruptcy non-commercial entities insolvency system (insolvência civil), companies recovery system and bankruptcy and the liquidation rules applicable to cooperatives under Brazilian law and comparative law. The bankruptcy law nowadays has recovery mechanisms in cases of financial crisis and liquidation. It presents rules that aim at efficiency and at the continuity of the production, in order to benefit creditors, debtors and the community. There is a tendency to adopt the legal unit principle, the system principle and the discipline principle, with a unified subjective premise that covers all debtors, including cooperative societies. When organized as companies, these societies are social economy entrepreneurs, whose juridical nature and structure benefit the community. Brazil does not adopt the legal unit principle and does not recognize cooperative societies as companies, with the exception of the cooperatives covered by the recovery and bankruptcy law. This fact constitutes a disagreement in relation to international orientations of promotion and non-discriminatory treatment to cooperative societies and arises as an obstacle to the development of these societies in the country. The theoretical-descriptive study is divided into three chapters: the first one presents the doctrine and the rules related to bankruptcy law focusing the aspects of cooperative societies and analyzing the evolution, the subjective premises and the institutes of bankruptcy law, including those applicable to cooperative societies; the second chapter analyses the cooperative society as a social economy company and demonstrates its entrepreneurs economic reality, its structural characteristics and adds international orientations on the promotion of cooperatives; the third chapter evaluates the appropriateness of bankruptcy law related to cooperatives in Brazil and formulates propositions on the issue. The relation between theory and practice is demonstrated with judicial decisions on the matter.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T19:14:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 25 / Nenhuma / Esta pesquisa realiza uma investigação empírica sobre os custos indireto de falência da empresa da VARIG S.A.. Alguns autores consideram a relevância dos custos de falência como um dos assuntos ainda não resolvidos da Teoria Financeira e, se em algum momento estes custos são maiores do que seus benefícios, seu impacto na estrutura de capital passa a ser determinante na escolha da estrutura ótima de capital. Esse estudo propõe uma inovação, que é medir os custos de falência a partir do ponto de quebra da estrutura da série temporal. Como resultados, os custos indiretos de falência da VARIG demonstraram ser significativamente maior do que os valores encontrados por outros autores, tendo sido encontrados valores médios de 400% pelos dois procedimentos adotados. O valor estimado de mercado da empresa analisada, deteriorou-se significativamente à medida que se aproximava a data de solicitação da recuperação judicial. / This research makes an empirical investigation about the indirect bankruptcy costs of the company VARIG SA. Some authors consider the relevance of the bankruptcy cost one of the issues that have not been solved in the Financing Theory and, if at any time, these costs are higher than their benefits, their impact on the capital structure become a determiner on the choice of the optimal capital structure. This study proposes an innovation, which is to measure the bankruptcy from the breakpoint test structure. As a result, the indirect costs of VARIG’s bankruptcy demonstrate that these figures were significantly higher than the other figures found by other authors, having been found average 400% by the two procedures adopted. The estimated market value for the company analyzed deteriorated significantly as the petition of the judiciary recovery approached.