performance in adverse economic circumstances. The results show positive relationship between profitability and cash conversion … cycle, firm's size, growth and leverage and negative relationship between profitability and components of cash conversion … cycle. Analysing the impact of the crisis it can observe that the companies can increase their profitability by reducing the …

2008 are analyzed to examine if more efficient working capital management improves firms’ accounting profitability and … this study found that profitability is affected positively with the cash conversion cycle. This indicates that more …

and establish the firm’s value, while ineffective management will undoubtedly lead to failure of the enterprise. The paper … between WCM and profitability in Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after integration into the global … economy. Findings The results suggest that SME owner-managers can increase their firm’s profitability by reducing the number …

) to the profitability of SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs panel data regression analysis and a … profitability. However, AP management is relatively more important than AR management. Inventory (INV) and CCC management is not … important for SMEs profitability. Questionnaire results suggest that management of CCC and all its components is perceived as …

purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of working capital management (WCM) on the profitability of firms for a sample …/methodology/approach Analytical modeling has been used to estimate the impact of WCM on profitability with the help of financial data of the companies … profitability of a firm and WCM for 11 economies of the Asia Pacific region. Research limitations/implications The results are …

, products technology and profitability in the context of achieving profitable and sustainable growth.  …

profitability. As a high debt ratio seems to increase the agency costs and the risk of losing control of the firm, SME owners and …

-ökonomischen Dilemmata und damit zu einem nachhaltig innovations- und wettbewerbsfähigen Unternehmen leisten. Im vorliegenden Artikel werden … will be identified in order to achieve a sustained, innovative and competitive enterprise. Initial results of this research …

Summary The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate debt ratios by size classes in Continental Europe … kontinentaleuropäischen Unternehmen. Der statistische Befund basiert auf einer Stichprobe von Firmen der Fertigungsindustrie aus zehn … durchschnittlich 15 Prozentpunkten zwischen kleinen und großen Unternehmen. Selbst nach der Bereinigung um strukturelle Faktoren bleibt …

Summary We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model … structure than that of Europe. We argue that this relates to different types of institutional arrangements with effects on the …