The traditional link between the cash conversion cycle and the firm's profitability is that shortening the cash … conversion cycle increases firm's profitability. On the other hand shortening the cash conversion cycle could harm the firm …'s operations and reduces profitability. However, identifying optimal levels of inventory, receivables, and payables where total …

Companies can use working capital management as an approach to influence their profitability. This paper studies the … impact of working capital management and its components upon the profitability of European companies. Cash Conversion Cycle … is used as a comprehensive measure for working capital management and Gross Operating Profitability used as a measure for …

profitability of SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs panel data regression analysis and a questionnaire survey on … results show that the management of accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) is important for SMEs profitability … for SMEs profitability. Questionnaire results suggest that management of CCC and all its components is perceived as …

profitability and firm value. ROA and firm value was taken as dependent variable while investment policy, financing policy, size … positive relationship with the profitability and firm value. The results show that the investment policies, financing policies … and growth have a significant effect on the firm profitability while the leverage and size have insignificant effect on …

Working capital management (WCM) is widely found to have a great impact on firm's profitability. Due to the lack of … profitability. Especially in Bangladesh, SMEs are also highly dependent on WCM. In this regard, this paper aims to examine the … relationship between working capital management and profitability of SMEs from Bangladesh. Data for relevant variables were found …

effect of a firm's profitability. The study consist of 147 non-financial firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The … significant negative impact on profitability and firm value while aggressive investment policy discloses a significantly positive … relationship with profitability. Profitability has a significant and positive impact on the firm's valuation therefore …

for the period 1990-2004 (87030 firm-year observations). The results suggest that managers can increase profitability and … reducing profitability and operating cash flow of firms instead of increasing them …

profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), from the perspective of … WCM practices has an effect on profitability. However, the results show that given the limited resources of SMEs, the main … profitability …

profitability and reduce the threat of insolvency. Specifically, the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector is faced with the dilemma of … maintaining an appropriate trade-off between working capital (WC) and profitability. In this study an attempt has been made to … identify the impact of WC management on profitability of listed manufacturing companies. This study is primarily based on …