"zombie company" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Sydney Finkelstein, Why Smart Executives Fail:",
          "text": "Mostly, though, the people in a zombie company will be blissfully unaware that they are in the middle of a major business disaster until after it has unfolded.·",
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          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Branko Radulović, Stefan Dragutinović, “Did COVID-19 Relief Programs Reanimate Zombie Companies?”, in Marko Mihić, Sandra Jednak, Gordana Savić, editor, Proceedings of the XVIII International symposium Symorg 2022, page 211:",
          "text": "Pure zombie companies satisfy all the criteria to be considered zombi companies after adjusting the ICR and CLR ratios for the connected legal entities' financial expenses and short-term financial liabilitites.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A company that requires bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal."
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          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
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          "company",
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          "bailout"
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        [
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        [
          "operate",
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        [
          "indebted",
          "indebted"
        ],
        [
          "repay",
          "repay"
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          "interest",
          "interest"
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          "debt",
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        "(business, finance) A company that requires bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zombie business"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
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          "ref": "2004, Sydney Finkelstein, Why Smart Executives Fail:",
          "text": "Mostly, though, the people in a zombie company will be blissfully unaware that they are in the middle of a major business disaster until after it has unfolded.·",
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          "text": "Pure zombie companies satisfy all the criteria to be considered zombi companies after adjusting the ICR and CLR ratios for the connected legal entities' financial expenses and short-term financial liabilitites.",
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        "A company that requires bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal."
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          "in order to",
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          "operate",
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          "indebted",
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        "(business, finance) A company that requires bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal."
      ],
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          "word": "zombie business"
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