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Working Capital Management and Firm Listing Status
Anagnostopoulou, Seraina - In: Multinational Finance Journal 16 (2012) 3-4, pp. 261-301
This study comparatively examines the determinants of working capital management for listed vs. unlisted firms, and assesses the impact of this policy on profitability by focusing on the cash conversion cycle, a commonly used measure of working capital management. By using a large UK public and...
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Working Capital Management and the Profitability of the Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of Pakistan’s Textile Industry
Ali, Shahid - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 16 (2011) 2, pp. 141-178
This study explores the association between working capital management and the profitability of textile firms in Pakistan. The efficiency of working capital management is reflected by three variables: cash conversion efficiency, days operating cycle, and days of working capital. We use return on...
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Sectorial Differentiation and Mean Reverting Tendency in Working Capital Policies
Kok, Dundar; Coskun, Ender; Ispir, M. Serdar - In: Business and Economics Research Journal 4 (2013) 4, pp. 49-49
In this paper we aim to specify the long term tendency of working capital in Turkey. Previous studies proved that working capital differentiated as per sectors and fluctuated over time. As found appropriate for analyzing the cross-section dependency and multiple structural breaks, we perform...
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A Survey of Working Capital Policy among Small Manufacturing Firms
Burns, Richard; Walker, Joe - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 1 (1991) 1, pp. 61-74
This study reports results of a nationwide survey on overall working capital policy of small manufacturing firms. The survey instrument used was a modified version of the 1980 Smith and Sell study [18] on large firms. A detailed 36-question form queried firms on their overall working capital...
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The Effect of Working Capital on Profitability: Evidence from Romania
Claudiu, Boþoc - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 1114-1118
The golden rule of financial equilibrium state the noncurrent resources should finance noncurrent assets and current resources should finance current assets. Managing working capital suppose to provide cash, which is indispensable for a company to run its day-by-day activities. The main aim of...
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The impact of the global economic crisis on working capital of real sector in Turkey
Kesimli, Iffet Gorkey; Gunay, Suleyman Gokhan - In: Business and Economic Horizons (BEH) 4 (2011) 1, pp. 52-69
Objective of this study is to reveal the impact of the recent global economic crisis, triggered in 2007 and unveiled in 2008, on the working capital of real sector in Turkey. Since it is obvious that ratios would help in such an analysis, we have analyzed the current assets and liabilities...
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Working Capital Management, Liquidity and Corporate Profitability Among Quoted Firms in Nigeria Evidence from the Productive Sector
Uremadu, Sebastian Ofumbia; Egbide, Ben-Caleb; Enyi, … - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) 1, pp. 80-97
profitability in Nigeria. It is closely followed by ICP and then CPP is third in importance in affecting profitability and liquidity … in Nigeria. The paper therefore recommends (1) that firms should promptly collect cash from credit sales, (2) that excess … participate in investing in Nigeria by creating the right legal and regulatory framework to enable them enter the market for …
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Funds-flow statements and cash-flow accounting in France
Boussard, Daniel; Colasse, Bernard - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 1992
It can be stated that, in France, a conventionality and a form of complacency probably stemmed from the standardization process. As a consequence, independent research has tended so far to concentrate more on fields that do not reside within the confines of the works of the standard-setting...
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The Financial Supply Chain Management: a New Solution for Supply Chain Resilience
Popa, Virgil - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 15 (2013) 33, pp. 140-153
In the present article, the author aims to find solutions to optimize the supply chain for the cash flow – a flow of products reversed from the physical one and the two-ways flow of information. In the last 15-20 years, academics and practitioners were oriented towards increasing the speed,...
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Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
Antràs, Pol; Foley, C. Fritz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper analyzes the financing terms that support international trade and sheds light on how and why these arrangements affect trade. Using detailed transaction level data from a U.S. based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, it begins by describing broad...
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