Supporting Information of the Decision Making Process on the Example of the Conversion of Liabilities into Equity Cover Image

Informacyjne wspomaganie procesu decyzyjnego na przykładzie konwersji zobowiązań na kapitały własne
Supporting Information of the Decision Making Process on the Example of the Conversion of Liabilities into Equity

Author(s): Piotr Oleksyk
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: financial analysis; conversion of liabilities into equity; decision support; financial reporting

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this article is to identify the most important factors underlying the decision of conversion of liabilities into equity. This decision should be based on three important elements: the outcome of the company, forecasts of possible future performance and the information coming from the business environment. Such assumptions are the basis for the development of scenarios under-adoption of the relevant decision of the obtaining the appropriate structure of financing sources of the company. Design/methodology/approach – The study of literature is the starting point in this article. The study of literature has been complemented by an analysis of the demand of managers on the most important information. Then, using reasoning by analogy and using deductive method we will be proposed next steps of the analytical procedure preceding the difficult decision of liabilities into equity. Findings – Conducted by the author studies allow identification of key information, both internal and external, which became the basis to take the necessary decisions to undisturbed business activity by changing the structure of liabilities of the company. Originality/value – The value of the article is original proposal of procedure of support the decision to convert the liabilities into equity.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 88 (1)
  • Page Range: 531-539
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish