This book is an attempt to settle different perspectives to look at a fundamental theme of management theory, since it was born: the survival of firms. Starting with a first chapter that comments on the latest regulatory measures at EU level, the work makes an excursus of the scientific literature on the issue of the firms' crisis, with a specific focus on the quantitative methods available to measure this phenomenon. The last chapter compares different analytical, econometric methodologies applied to an existing case history - that of Italian companies -, over a very long period of time. Furthermore, the authors propose a combined methodology of productivity analysis and limited dependent variables model that enriches the scientific debate by proposing quantitative tools suitable for the developments of the EU discipline.

Francesco Campobasso is currently Associate Professor in Statistics in the Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Bari "Aldo Moro". Over time he has coordinated research for the analysis and forecasting of business phenomena and for financial assessments, especially in the field of risk management. He was also a member of the Commission for the preparation of proposals for interventions on the Code of business crisis and insolvency (so-called Codice della crisi d'impresa e dell'insolvenza), pursuant to d.lgs 12 January 2019, no. 14, appointed by Decree of the Italian Minister of Justice of 22 September 2021. His papers have been published in international peer-reviewed and indexed journals with high impact factor and citations.

Pierluigi Toma after earning a PhD in Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods, is currently Assistant Professor in Econometrics at the University of Salento. His expertise revolves around the efficiency and productivity analysis, conducting studies related to nonparametric methods applied to microeconomic concerns. He is author of papers published in international peer-reviewed and indexed journals with high impact factor and citations.