Insolvence - případová studie Oděvní podnik a.s

This Thesis focuses on Insolvency. The work begins with determination of basic terms relevant to Insolvency. Further it describes the importance of Capital Structure and claims for company assets and the importance of debt financing. Financial analysis is important for the prediction of bankruptcy in the future. There are references to the basic methods of financial analysis, the most significant ratio indicators and some models for the prediciton of bankruptcy (Altman's Z-score, Neumaier's Index IN05, Kralicek's quick test). Theory Approach is an important microeconomic theory connected with insolvency. The next part of the work focuses on Theory Approach problems - relationships between the lender and the borrower (principal and agent), information asymmetry, soft and hard budget constraint. The work is also focused on a Czech bankruptcy legal form. It also references the purpose and goals of the bankruptcy law, rescue culture, development and the new Czech Bankruptcy Act and the insolvency process. The next part of the work investigates trends of insolvency in the USA , Europe and the Czech Republic in context of the world economic crisis. After that a case study follows. The goal of the case study is to describe the bankruptcy of a real Czech company and resume for the issues which were mentioned in the theoretical part of the Thesis. The company which is analysed in this case study is Oděvní podnik, a.s.. During the insolvency process, it used the new bankruptcy act-reorganization. The case study involves analysis of the causes of bankruptcy, financial analysis (the trends in balance sheet and profit and loss report, ratio indicators calculation and application of credibility and bankruptcy models) with the purpose of finding out if it was possible to predict the bankruptcy of Oděvní podnik, a.s.. The next part of the case study describes the insolvency processes which have run till this time with focus on the chosen problems of the Theory Approach.