articles written about the importance of working capital management regarding the profitability of a firm (Shin and Soenen‚ 1998; Deloof‚ 2003; Garcia-Tereul and Martinez- Solano‚ 2007; Raheman and Nasr‚ 2007; Mathuva‚ 2009; Dong and Su‚ 2010). Various authors have conducted researches in different countries on employing working capital in an optimal way in order to pursue profitability. But some authors still have different findings on how working capital management in terms of cash conversion cycle
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EFFECT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON PROFITABILITY OF FIRMS IN MALAYSIA ( M. A.‚ Zariyawati a‚ M. N.‚ Annuar b and A.S.‚ Abdul Rahim c a ‚b & c Univeristi Putra Malaysia‚ Malaysia. ABSTRACT Working capital management is important part in firm financial management decision. An optimal working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of firm value. To reach optimal working capital management firm manager should control the trade off between profitability and
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Class Discussion 1. Dartmouth Inc’s latest net income was $1‚250‚000‚ and it had 225‚000 shares outstanding. The company wants to pay out 45% of its income. What dividend per share should it declare? 2. Garcia Industries has sales of $200‚000 and accounts receivable of $18‚500‚ and it gives its customers 25 days to pay. The industry average DSO is 27 days‚ based on a 365-day year. If the company changes its credit and collection policy sufficiently to cause its DSO to fall to the
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Management Of Working Capital Introduction Working Capital-Definition Working Capital is the cash needed to pay for the day to day operation of the business. Along with long term investments ‚ business also needs funds for short-term purposes to finance current operations. Investment in short term assets like cash‚ inventories‚ debtors etc.‚ is called ‘Short-term Funds’ or ‘Working Capital’. Hence‚ the management of Working Capital is very important
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1. What are the missions of CERs and the capital budgeting process at Stryker? Mission: Standardize and formalize the capital budgeting process. The CERs and capital budgeting process were implemented so that a more formal process of requesting capital expenditure and approving them would be applied. All this was put in place to support cash flow targets and maintain Stryker’s 20% growth benchmark. To what extent have they been shaped by elements of corporate finance theory? They are heavily
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Working Capital Management rbs.com/insight Executive Summary In November 2011‚ RBS and Greenwich Associates launched a new study on working capital management among large companies around the world. In conducting the research‚ the firms interviewed 50 companies in Asia (excluding Japan)‚ Europe and North America. The results of this research reveal that past efforts to build efficiencies in working capital management have been incorporated into post-crisis strategies centred on ensuring
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MANAGEMENT OF WORKING CAPITAL 1. Meaning and Types of Finance: Finance - Finance is the Art & Science of Managing Money - Finance is the Art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears Types & Sources of Finance ____________________________________________________________ ________ Long Term Sources of Finance - Finance required to meet Capital Expenditure - Also‚ known as Fixed Capital Finance Short Term Sources of Finance - Finance required to meet day-to-day
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Concept of working capital. Working capital refers to short terms funds to met operating expenses. To quote Ramamoorthy‚ It refers to the funds‚ which a company must possess to finance its day – to –day operations “ it is concerned with the management of the firm’s current assets and current liabilities. It is concerned with the management fo the firm’ current assets‚ and current liabilities. If a firm cannot maintain a satisfactory level of working capital‚ it is likely to become insolvent and
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Chapter 2 Overview of Working Capital Management After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: Explain the definition of working capital Understand the two fundamental decision issues in working capital management -- and the trade-offs involved in making these decisions. Discuss how to determine the optimal level of current assets. Describe the relationship between profitability‚ liquidity‚ and risk in the management of working capital. Explain how to classify working capital according to its
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