by the cash conversion cycle and profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The paper employs panel data … empirical results show that there is a concave relationship between working capital level and firm profitability and that there … is an optimal working capital level at which firms' profitability is maximised. Furthermore, an examination as to whether …

debt structure, and the effect of this on corporate profitability. The assumption on which the study was based is that, if … profitability but no significant relationship between firm's working capital composition and profitability. The results, however … profitability is positively affected. The study therefore recommends that, for firms to optimize profitability and to maintain good …

We contribute to the study of the conceptualization and measurement of the rate of profit of the financial and … nonfinancial sectors. We assemble a new data set for the US economy to construct measures of the profit rate for each sector: the … measures of profitability in each sector have changed over time, how these have been correlated at different frequencies, and …