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However, to date, there has been no research performed on actual data collected from practitioners to answer the question of whether post commencement finance is a predictor of a successful business rescue The findings of this study initially contradict the literature insofar as 56% of business rescues received post commencement finance: however, further investigation showed that only 7% of the total companies in this study received third party financial institutional post commencement finance, with the balance being introduced by shareholders. The main finding of this study was that the introduction of post commencement finance is only a partial predictor of a successful business rescue. Thus, in the case of those companies which received finance, under business rescue, only 57% were successful. 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However, to date, there has been no research performed on actual data collected from practitioners to answer the question of whether post commencement finance is a predictor of a successful business rescue The findings of this study initially contradict the literature insofar as 56% of business rescues received post commencement finance: however, further investigation showed that only 7% of the total companies in this study received third party financial institutional post commencement finance, with the balance being introduced by shareholders. The main finding of this study was that the introduction of post commencement finance is only a partial predictor of a successful business rescue. Thus, in the case of those companies which received finance, under business rescue, only 57% were successful. 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