Analiza finansowa oraz modele przewidywania upadłości jako narzędzie oceny kondycji finansowej przedsiębiorstwa/Financial analysis and bankruptcy predicting models as tool for the evaluation of enterprise financial situation

Knowledge and consciousness of imperfections of used tools is very important when we have to use them because only with this information we can properly evaluate situation especially if it is connected with possibility of preventing bankruptcy of enterprise. In article author tried to sum up the strengths and weaknesses of financial analysis and bankruptcy predicting models in monitoring the financial situation of company to capture potential signals of bankruptcy threat. In many publications we can find very dispersed good and bad sides of use those methods. Those pros and cons usually are obvious and natural, but in need it is hard to mention the most important. What is more, the analysis of strengths and weaknesses of subjected methods helps to understand in better way their specificity and thus apply proper way of its use or to be able to add more important information which will complete view of financial situation of company. The article contains most common, famous causes of bankruptcy, overall classification of bankruptcy prediction methods, and most of all strengths and weaknesses of financial analysis and bankruptcy prediction models.