Books
Wendell Schollander & Wes Schollander, The Small Business Owner's Guide to Bankruptcy: Know Your Legal Rights, Recover From Mistakes, and Start Over Successfully (2002).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): Money problems don't have to mean the end of your business. Many small business owners make decisions that prevent them from using the bankruptcy laws to save their businesses, homes or other property.
Teresa A. Sullivan et al., Financial Difficulties of Small Businesses and Reasons for Their Failure (1998).
Abstract (from Intuit Proline website): Despite its age, this is still one of the most current and authoritative overviews of small business failure available.
Ralph E. Warner & Bethany K. Laurence, Save Your Small Business: 10 Crucial Strategies to Survive Hard Times or Close Down & Move On (2009).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): A National Small Business Association study showed that among 500 businesses polled, 44% said they had used credit cards to meet capital needs in the previous six months. 57% said their card terms had worsened over the last year. The tightening of credit has made it difficult for a growing number of smaller companies to meet payroll and fulfill customer orders, while still others have been forced to lay off workers. In these tough economic times of falling demand, impatient creditors, tight credit and fierce competition, staying in the black is a constant battle, requiring that business owners be smart and decisive under pressure.