Debt level and company efficiency: independence or implication? An evaluation of fuzzy implications

Alain Couturier; Bernard Fioleau

doi:doi:10.1051/ejess:2000105

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Volume 14 / No 1 (2000)

E.J.E.S.S., 14 1 (2000) 17-25

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Issue		E.J.E.S.S. Volume 14, Number 1, 2000 Neural Models in Economy and Management Science


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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ejess:2000105

DOI: 10.1051/ejess:2000105

European Journal of Economic and Social Systems 14 N $^\circ$ 1 (2000) 17-25

Debt level and company efficiency: independence or implication? An evaluation of fuzzy implications

Alain Couturier¹ and Bernard Fioleau²

¹Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), 25 boulevard Guy Mollet, 44072 Nantes Cedex 03, France. E-mail: a.couturier@cnam-paysdelaloire.fr
²Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion de Nantes, 110 boulevard Michelet, BP 52231, 44322 Nantes Cedex 03, France. E-mail: @sc-eco.univ-nantes.fr

Abstract:

This paper suggests a way of measuring the strength of an implication to evaluate the influence of the financing structure chosen by company on its efficiency and profitability. The first part describes the semantics of the fuzzy implication applied to continuous variables. The results of three single implication measurements between two criteria are then analyzed on a sample population of 140 companies.

Keywords: Fuzzy implication, Fuzzy logic