The importance of efficient working capital management (WCM) is indisputable. Moreover, the adequate and timely flow of inventory is imperative for the success and growth of any company. The present paper is an attempt to study in depth the inventory management practices of Indian cement...

This study empirically examines the relationship between working capital management and profitability of ACC Cement Company, the leading cement manufacturer of the country for assessing the impact of working capital management on profitability during the period 1999-2000 to 2009-10. The impact...

Though there are too many researches has been conducted on the topic working capital management and its impact on profitability, but there is no major research has been done for the negative working capital and its impact on profitability. All the studies on working capital generally states that...

Theoretically, the ultimate objective of an effective working capital management policy is to enable a firm to strike a balance between the two core objectives of the firm, i.e. profitability and liquidity. But increasing profitability would tend to reduce firms' liquidity and too much attention...

Experts say that the goal of working capital management should be to enable a firm to maximize profits of its operations while meeting both short term debt and upcoming operational expenses, i.e. to preserve liquidity. But increasing profitability would tend to reduce firms' liquidity and too...

The financial performance of the top two companies of the FMCG sector HUL and ITC are analyzed in this research paper by using the two most popular financial tools of analysis i.e., ROE and ROA. Similar to the DuPont method, components of Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Asset (ROA) are...

This study is aimed at to provide empirical evidence about the impact of Working Capital Management on the profitability or financial performance of Indian Cement Industry for the period 2006 to 2015. The study utilized panel data econometrics of 30 top Indian cement companies, which are listed...

Background: In spite of many years of rigorous exploration and several papers after Modigliani and Millers’ original work, surprisingly there is an absence of agreement even today among the finance specialists on the fundamental issue of corporate finance, concerning why finance managers...

No doubt, insurance is not a profitable investment avenue but still, there are enough reasons to justify why you should invest in insurance. The importance of life insurance lies in its element of risk coverage and not in its returns part. Even though the returns part is very less in life...