About the Book :

The book advises the entrepreneurs and managers on the whole spectrum of industrial sickens-causes, prevention and sure. Key parameters of data drawn from technical, financial and operational areas have been used to develop a computer programme which successfully predicts sickness. Included are also the various measures adopted by the government, financial institutions and bank to rehabilitate sick industry. The book outline practical approaches which can be useful in monitoring sickness by managers and other executive staff of industrial units, banks, financial institutions and state-level corporations. The organization of a Data Bank for this Purpose is also outline in the book. The academicians and researchers will find various techniques which can be usefully employed in predicting sickness using advanced statistical techniques. A review of all researches conducted so far in India and abroad has also been included.

About Author :

S.S. Srivastava has been a Professor of Management in Delhi University holding known author of several books in management and has publishes over 100 research papers. The computererised information and reporting system for industrial sickness using non-financial parameters has been his original contribution. He has been Consultant to IFCI and ministry of Defence and has participation in several national and international conferences.

R.A. Yadav is a Senior Faculty Member in Finance and Accounting Area at the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi. He did his post-graduation specialising in Finance and Accounting with first position from Panjab University, Chandigarh and subsequently obtained Ph. D. from Delhi. He has a long teaching experience and is actively involved in research, training and consultancy. He has worked as a Senior Faculty Member in Northern India Banks Staff Training College, New Delhi. He is the founder member of Indian Financial Management Association and also on the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Finance and Research. He has published a number of research papers in reputed Journals and is the author of books namely Financial Rations and The Prediction of Corporate Failure; and Management and Monitoring of Industrial Sickness which won the DMA-ESCORTS Best Book Award 1986. His research papers entitled Working Capital Management: A Parametric Approach (1986); and Sick Industrial Companies Legislation: Remedy or the Palliative (1987) won the Best Article Awards 1986 and 1987 respectively of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.