The purpose of this paper is to investigate the non-linear relationship between working capital management (WCM) and firm profitability (FP). As well as checking whether there is a financial leverage threshold in the decision on working capital, thereby assessing the change in the impact of...

The paper presents an analysis of patterns of capital structure of Indian private corporate sector. The patterns in Indian private corporate sector has been analysed by taking two industries from BSE 500 listed companies from twenty six industries for the period of 1999-2000 to 2012-13. The...

We use the stochastic frontier approach to estimate the impact of firm characteristics on investment decisions of Indian firms during the 1997-2006 period. The use of the stochastic frontier approach allows us to define the (unobserved) optimum investment that is consistent with a firm's...

SCL is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to the setting up of a captive power plant and general increase in production. The case allows students to practice ratio analysis and determine maximum permissible bank finance

Indian sugar industry accounts around 20 per cent of the sugar mills and 15 per cent of world sugar production. It has been key driver for rural industrialization. Today, sugar industry is at crossroads having opportunities for growth because of liberalization and challenges of global...