The survival of a company is highly dependent on the management of its working capital. Effective working capital management can lead to greater profitability. Insufficient working capital or liquidity shortages can severely hinder profitability and operational sustainability. The primary...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

Is the working-capital channel big, and does it vary across industries? To answer this question, I estimate a dynamic stochastic macro-finance model using firm-level data. In aggregate, I find a partial channel ---about three-fourths of firms’ labor bill is borrowed. But the strength of this...

To assess the working capital management ratios on profitability in selected four-wheel automobile companies, the author applied the coefficient of correlation, correlation matrix, and multiple regression analysis methodology in selected four-wheel automobile companies listed on the CMIE prowess...

The present study is entitled “A comparative review on working capital management of selected food & beverages companies in the Indian Context”. Working capital works as a gadget in the financial decision. Without having insufficient working capital, no one can run their business empower...

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 examines the impact of traditional working capital management (WCM) and modern technological factors, specifically digital communications with customers as part of a customer relationship management strategy (CRM), on the performance of retail consumer-focused industrial and service...

Aim: The main aim of this article is to examine the impact of financial leverage on firm profitability and working capital management of Asia-Pacific (APAC) firms listed in the United States and the United Kingdom. Design / Research methods: The regression analyses are conducted with panel data...

The New Keynesian model, augmented with the working capital channel, predicts that a rise in the policy rate causes firms that use more working capital to increase their prices more, and that the pass-through is gradual because of price rigidity. Using a unique dataset on firm-product-level...

Purpose: The object of this paper is to analyze the impacts on the CCC, DIO, DRO, DPO, which are a factor for measuring WCM and profitability (ROA) from a supply chain relationship perspective between two large Korean automotive manufacturers (Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation) and SMEs...

Businesses strive for effective working capital management (WCM) since ineffective WCM influences firms' failure in developing economies. However, the connection between WCM and the going concern of firms has not received significant quantitative attention. Hence, this study examines the impact...

This study investigates the effects of working capital management (WCM) through and its components (Days Sales Outstanding-DSO, Days Inventory Outstanding-DIO, and Days Payable Outstanding-DPO and Net Working Capital) on firm profitability in consumer goods and construction firms by applying...

The paper examines the nexus between working capital management (WCM) and financial performance of listed non-financial firms in Ghana. An unbalanced panel data for the period 2008 to 2021 was used for the study. It is observed that the residual terms of the models were cross-sectionally...

The current situation of slower economic growth is leading to a more difficult access to funds and unpredictable payment behaviour of customers, which predetermines growing importance of working capital management. The aim of the present article is to examine the effects of working capital...

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...

This paper presents a "time-to-build" theory of supply chains which implies a key role for the financing of working capital as a determinant of supply chain length. We apply our theory to offshoring and trade, where firms strike a balance between the productivity gain due to offshoring against...

Working capital management is always crucial in any business. Efficiency of working capital is determined based various tools used by the companies. However in practice, companies do follow different tools to reduce working capital which is directly impacting profitability of the company....

Working capital management requires careful attention from corporate managers because it plays an important role in corporate stability. The social belongingness of managers induced them to learn from their society, colleagues, and overall industrial movement. They also learn from their peers...

This paper examines whether and to what extent exposure to climate risk affects the deployment of corporate resources to working capital. Using a large sample of listed US firms, we find that exposure to climate risk is negatively associated with working capital. This effect is accentuated in...