This study aims to investigate the effects of financial bootstrapping and government support on working capital, as well as the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation towards the impact of working capital on financial performance. The study was conducted on 260 MSME owners in the food...

Throughout history, the analysis of companies' financial structure has been approached from different angles, with different areas of the overall financial situation being separated and studied independently in order to improve understanding. Within the framework of short-cycle analysis and,...

This paper explores the relationship between working capital management (WCM) strategies and business performance during the COVID-19 crisis. Data from 1,067 non-financial European firms from 33 countries distributed across 6 economic sectors in the period from 2015 to 2021, feed Ordinary Least...

The purpose-The aim of this paper is to explain the relationship between working capital and profitability in the context of the wine industry. Design/methodology/approach-Artificial neural networks were used to analyze the relationship between working capital management and the profitability of...

This study investigates determinants of Egyptian SMEs financial failure predictability based on a sample of 32 failure SMEs and 28 non-failure SMEs for the period 2013 and 2019. The determinants of SMEs financial failure are categorized into four groups; Working Capital, Asset Structure,...

Working capital management (WCM) plays an important role in a firm's value, financial risk, and firm profitability. WCM requires continuous management to maintain a certain level of the numerous components of working capital (WC). The main aim of this study is to estimate the efficiency of WCM...

The purpose of this study is to examine whether perceived innovativeness moderates the relationship between working capital management (WCM) and firm value. The study uses a sample of 200 listed Indian firms for 2015-2019. The firms are classified into innovative and non-innovative categories...

Working capital management (WCM) is a key factor in the success of manufacturing companies when credit is restricted, as is the case in the current climate caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between working capital management,...

This paper examines whether private equity (PE)-backed companies are better able to remain active on export markets compared to similar non-PE firms, when hit by a negative shock. We look at two such recent shocks, namely the global financial crisis (GFC) and COVID-19 pandemic. We construct two...

Working capital management is an important fnancial management decision for the proftability of commercial banks. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of working capital management on commercial banks' proftability. The study used secondary data from audited fnancial statements of...

The success of agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (agri-SMEs), among other factors, heavily relies on their ability to manage finances effectively. This study examined the extent to which agricultural SMEs in Tanzania practice financial management activities. The study employed a...

This study explores the impact of adopting the quality management system according to the International Standardization for Organizations (ISO) standards called ISO 9001 on firms' working capital management efficiency (WCME). This study analyzes Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the...

The literature on working capital management (WCM) provides mixed evidence on the effect of working capital on firm profitability and performance. We use firms from developed and emerging economies to explore how working capital and its components relate to firms' performance while controlling...

The present study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and firm risk on working capital management policies among manufacturing firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). The study sample consists of 1200 observations and 200 companies listed on the TSE over a six-year...

Working capital management is critical because it affects a company's profitability, liquidity, and investment decisions, all of which have an impact on financial performance. As a result, effective and efficient working capital management is an essential component for commercial and service...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution (DFI). In contrast to most of the existing literature, the study focuses on the effect of medium-sized loans over a two-...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution. In contrast to most of the existing literature, the study focuses on the effect of medium-sized loans over a two- to...

This article presents the results of a systematic literature review aimed to identify articles, using Web of Science, from over 250 journals focusing on supply chain finance (SCF). We carried out a further content analysis of 161 papers on working capital and trade credit, identifying gaps to...

This study examines the impact of capital structure, working capital, and governance quality on the financial performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan using a sample of more than 2000 firms from the Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) during the 24-year period of 1995-2018. Panel...

The paper is to examine the influence of business innovation, business expansion, product and service development, working capital, and machinery and equipment requirement on financing choices in the western part of Nigeria. To determine the effect on financing choices, a logistic regression...

The paper aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on working capital management policies among Polish small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). The results show that the firms adopted a moderate–conservative strategy for their...

Financial market inadequacies often constrain overseas trade flows because exporters largely rely on access to external credit to survive. This article examines the influence of external credit (bank finance; and suppliers and customer credit) on exports size of manufacturing firms in Nigeria...

Aim: This paper is meant to investigate measures that help to assess corporate liquidity in both normal and crisis periods. Design / research methods: We provide an overview of relevant liquidity measures used by both professionals and academics, apply regular liquidity measures on three major...

Working capital management (WCM) is one of the most important decisions for all firms. The main components of WCM are days sales outstanding (DSO), days inventory outstanding (DIO), days payable outstanding (DPO), and cash conversion cycle (CCC). Using a sample of 332 Czech firms, including 20...

We demonstrate that the "predator-prey" metaphor may be well-suited to describe trade finance mechanisms in emerging economies. Having analyzed the dynamics of trade credit in the Polish corporate sector over the period between 1997 and 2014, we found that suppliers of trade credit were smaller,...

The beginning of the year 2023 is marked by continued economic instability, some of it still lingering from economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, some brought on by the war in Ukraine, high energy prices and other more regional factors. For businesses of all shapes and sizes, this...

Working capital management (WCM) is a key factor in the success of manufacturing companies when credit is restricted, as is the case in the current climate caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between working capital management,...

Using 719 Indian listed firms for 11 years from 2012 to 2022, this study provides evidence that the speed of adjustment (SOA) is higher (lower) for the sample firms with below (above) median net trade cycle (NTC). Our findings are robust to the alternative measure of WCM efficiency in the Indian...

This research examines the influence of firms’ innovation activities on the efficiency of their working capital management (WCM). We have used R&D expenditure to represent innovation. The cash conversion cycle (CCC), inventory days (IND), accounts receivable days (ARD), and accounts payable...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect that firm level working capital strategy on accounts receivable had on working capital related financial difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic in a sample of Finnish SMEs. We are able to identify the firms with Covid -19 induced financial...

This study examines the impact of CSR regulation on the working capital management of Indian firms using the 2% mandatory CSR spending regulation implemented in India in 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment setup. Using the cash conversion cycle (CC_Cycle) as a proxy to measure working capital...

The critical components of working capital are receivables and inventory. Various published research commonly ends up with a conclusion that firms could improve profitability by monitoring inventory and receivables closely, suggesting that firms benefit from a reduction of these assets. Whereas...

This study investigated the impact of working capital management on the financial performance of major pharmaceutical companies listed on the Pakistan stock exchange. Seven companies were selected from the pharmaceutical industry listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Data was collected from...