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Assessing the financial health of agricultural enterprises incorporating the spatial dimension

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  • Vavrek, Roman
  • Vozárová, Ivana Kravčáková
  • Kotulič, Rastislav
  • Adamišin, Peter
  • Dubravská, Mariana
  • Ivanková, Viera

Abstract

In practice, different methods are used to assess the financial health of a company, and the fact that models use the various indicators complicates the comparison of their results. The aim of this paper was to identify the financial health of agricultural enterprises operating in the Slovak Republic using three selected creditworthy models (the Altman model, Taffler model and Bonity Index). It was concluded that the differences in the evaluations of agricultural enterprises using individual creditworthy models were significant. The analysis was supplemented by the spatial distribution of the enterprises at the level of individual regions of the Slovak Republic. It was confirmed that the spatial differences in the evaluations of agricultural enterprises using individual creditworthy models were not statistically significant and were therefore random. The proposal of own assessment of regions is based on the combination of the obtained results and their spatial distribution. We assume that such comprehensive assessment over a longer period of time may be an appropriate tool for assessing the financial health of agricultural enterprises, thus contribute to the early identification of potential risks and the long-term economic sustainability. This study can be the contribution in helping to design policies or effective solve the important challenges of agricultural enterprises to the path of sustainable development of the regions and to environmental management.

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  • Vavrek, Roman & Vozárová, Ivana Kravčáková & Kotulič, Rastislav & Adamišin, Peter & Dubravská, Mariana & Ivanková, Viera, . "Assessing the financial health of agricultural enterprises incorporating the spatial dimension," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 25(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifaamr:320738
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320738
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