24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Abstract Submission

1596. Sentiment Analysis for Zombie Prediction: An application of machine learning models on JSE listed companies

Invited abstract in session Digital twins and Industry 5.0: Building Resilience, stream OR for Development.

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Fikile Dube
Finance, University of the Western Cape

Abstract

The rise in financial distress, zombie companies, and bankruptcies globally has been a growing concern since the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Financially distressed companies and zombie firms pose a great threat to a struggling economy such as South Africa’s. Sentiment has played an increasingly significant role in the performance of a company therefore adding a new risk. This study aims to investigate the reliability of sentiment in the prediction of zombie companies.

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Status: accepted


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