Financial distress and corporate restructuringa case study

  1. María-José Palacín-Sánchez
  2. Artur Alencar-García 1
  3. Francisco-Javier Canto-Cuevas 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

Revista:
Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

ISSN: 1131-6837

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 23

Número: 2

Páginas: 81-91

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5295/CDG.221759FC DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

Resumen

This article analyses the turnaround strategies that can help a company to recover from a situation of financial distress. This study presents an innovative dynamic approach that follows the financial distress lifecycle from its beginning to its resolution while focusing on the Spanish context, which differs from the Anglo-Saxon context traditionally considered in previous studies. The methodology of the case study is employed in order to explore, on an in-depth basis, the features of the resolution of financial distress situations. To this end, the single case of a large Spanish listed company is examined over the period of 2008 to 2017. Our case study shows that the company undertook a wide range of restructuring strategies at a private level that are usually applied by distressed firms. However, for a long time, the company largely focused on debt restructuring. This lengthening of the restructuring process coupled with a weak recovery suggests a system for solving the situations of corporate financial distress that is not agile and that may also be relatively inefficient. The findings provide valuable support for practitioners in developing a successful restructuring response, and for policymakers in designing appropriate legislation on insolvency.

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