The bullwhip effect is a pervasive phenomenon in all supply chains causing excessive inventory, delivery delays, deterioration of customer service, and high costs. Some researchers have studied this phenomenon from a financial perspective by shedding light on the phenomenon of cash flow bullwhip...

This paper examines the influence of cash flow on the relationship between net working capital and firm performance. The paper employs unbalanced panel data regression analysis on a sample of 6,926 non-financial small and medium enterprises in the United Kingdom for the period from 2004 to...

The net income of a company in a given year is an arbitrary number which depends on several decisions on the accounting of expenses and revenues. By contrast, each cash flow (money going out of the cash of the company into someone's pocket: shareholders, debt owners...) is a single number not...

A fundamental goal of this study is theoretical and empirical analysis of the role played by working capital and cash flow in effective management of companies. A generally accepted strategic long-term aim of companies is to maximize their market value, whereas a fundamental goal of short-term...

By excluding the change in non-operational working capital in calculating the net working capital for the FCF, analysts create a hypothetical or ‘virtual' cash flow. This may, or may not, be feasible given the firm's business plan, as funds may be earmarked for future capex, or other purposes....

Die Erhöhung operativer Cash Flows führt nach dem Discounted-Cash-Flow-Modell unmittelbar zu einer Unternehmenswertsteigerung. Die Praxis der wertorientierten Unternehmensführung misst demgegenüber den Erfolg zumeist auf Basis des Economic Value Added. In diesem Konzept schlagen sich...

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between working capital, operating cash flow and operating income, in the companies that listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. Panel analysis is applied to sample of 52 companies during the period 2000-2009. The results show that...