Asset Liquidation Trap

A liquidity crisis that occurs when a company relies on selling a single major asset to fund future operations, but faces delays due to market timing, regulatory hurdles, or buyer default. The asset may appear valuable on the balance sheet yet become unrealizable in practice—leaving the company with only "paper wealth." Forced into bankruptcy protection to buy time rather than facing genuine operational distress.

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