Luebke, K.Weihs, Claus2005-10-122005-10-122005-10-12http://hdl.handle.net/2003/2164210.17877/DE290R-14499Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) performs well for classification of business phases – even though the premises of an LDA are not met. As the variables are highly correlated there are numerical as well as interpretational shortcomings. By transforming the classification problem to a regression setting both problems can be addressed by a computer-intensive prediction oriented method which also improves the classification performance.enBusiness phasesClassificationClassification performanceComputer-intensive prediction oriented methodLinear Discriminant Analysis004report