This paper introduces a conceptual–diagnostic framework for identifying operational financial models governing enterprise continuity. The framework formalizes four distinct financial configurations—Self-Sustaining, Pressured, Dependent, and Deteriorating—each characterized by specific relationships between operating cash flow, financing reliance, liquidity condition, and temporal viability. The work is conceptual in nature and does not present predictive claims. Its purpose is to provide governance-oriented diagnostic clarity by distinguishing financial outcomes from the underlying configuration that sustains them. The framework is intended for application in corporate governance, financial oversight, risk assessment, and sustainability analysis contexts. This paper introduces a conceptual–diagnostic framework for identifying operational financial models governing enterprise continuity. The framework formalizes four distinct financial configurations—Self-Sustaining, Pressured, Dependent, and Deteriorating—each characterized by specific relationships between operating cash flow, financing reliance, liquidity condition, and temporal viability. The work is conceptual in nature and does not present predictive claims. Its purpose is to provide governance-oriented diagnostic clarity by distinguishing financial outcomes from the underlying configuration that sustains them. The framework is intended for application in corporate governance, financial oversight, risk assessment, and sustainability analysis contexts.
Jorge Bustos Vargas (Thu,) studied this question.