David J. Storey, Kevin Keasey, Robert Watson, Pooran Wynarczyk

• 1. Introduction Part 1: The Small Company: Profits and Jobs 2. The Small Manufacturing Company: Employment and Financial Characteristics 3. The Small Company and Financial Reporting in Context 4. Size and Firm Performance: Size, Profit and Growth in Small and Large Companies 5. Public Policy: Profits, Jobs and Picking the Winners Part 2: The Small Company: Failure Prediction 6. Univariate Ratio Analysis 7. Multiple Discriminant Analysis 8. Factor, Probity and Logit Analysis 9. Qualitative Information and the Prediction of Small Company Failure 10. Conclusion