Effective Working Capital Management in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) Kehinde James Sunday Dept of Accounting and Finance‚ Lagos State University Ojo‚ Nigeria E-mail: pastorkehindebox@yahoo.com Received: November 15‚ 2010 Accepted: August 10‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n9p271 Abstract The need to main effective working capital management within Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) remain pivotal to solvency and liquidity of SMES. Most SMES do not care about their working capital position
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analysis and interpretation Introduction to working capital “Working Capital is the Life-Blood and Controlling Nerve Center of a business” The working capital management precisely refers to management of current assets. A firm’s working capital consists of its investment in current assets‚ which include short-term assets such as: Cash and bank balance‚ Inventories‚ Receivables (including debtors and bills)‚ Marketable securities. Working capital is commonly defined as the difference between
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WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT By D.BINISHA Reg No: 312211631024 REPORT ON SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT SSN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER APPLICATIONS KALAVAKKAM- 603 110 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I extend my sincere thanks to our Director‚ Prof. B. Srinivasan for inculcating in us‚ a passion for excellence in all our activities including this project. I am grateful to my external guide Mr. O. ARIVAZHAGAN‚ CEO‚ International
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Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 22; December 2011 Analyzing the Impact of Working Capital Management on the Profitability of SME’s in Pakistan Mustafa Afeef Lecturer Iqra National University Phase 2‚ Hayatabad‚ Peshawar Pakistan Abstract Working Capital Management has an overriding impact on a firm’s profit performance. However‚ it is expected that an efficient management of working capital might have a more profound impact on profitability of small enterprises than on the performance
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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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WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: Investment Decisions for Current Assets Compiled by Dr D. M. L. Kasilo (MBA‚ CPA‚ PhD) 1 Working Capital: What is it? 1.1 Introduction As a matter of principal‚ any understanding of financial management theories and best practices depends much on ones understanding of the balance sheet model. Figure 1‚ is adopted to facilitate discussions on working capital management practices. Figure 1:The Balance Sheet Model? Financial
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A STUDY ON “WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT” OF ITI FINANCIAL LIMITED Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree “BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT” BY SAMRIN PARVEEN NMKRV COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) JAYANAGAR III BLOCK BANGALORE- 5600011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project would not be possible‚ without the omnipresence support and help of many. I wish to profound my gratitude to a few. I extend my deepest of gratitude to‚ Mrs. SANGEETHA NIKKAM‚ my project
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A SUMMER TRAINING REPORT ON [pic] WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF MBA BATCH (2009-11) SUBMITTED TO : CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATION GURGAON [pic] PREFACE To start any business‚ First of all we need finance and the success of that business entirely depends on the proper management of day-to-day finance
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chp-14.qxd 10/18/05 12:48 PM Page 145 CHAPTER 14 Working Capital Management I n the chapters on ‘Planning an SSI Unit’ and ‘ Business Plan’‚ a discussion was made on the fixed capital and the working capital. Every business needs investment to procure fixed assets‚ which remain in use for a longer period. Money invested in these assets is called ‘Long term Funds’ or ‘Fixed Capital’. Business also needs funds for short-term purposes to finance current operations. Investment
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IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON PROFITABILITY THE CASE OF KSE QUOTED OIL & GAS (E&P) FIRMS KHALID HAMEED SHAIKH (9102) INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (IoBM) SECTION A December 28‚ 2011 IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON PROFITABILITY THE CASE OF KSE QUOTED OIL & GAS (E&P) FIRMS Abstract: This research report investigates the effect of working capital management on the firm’s financial performance. The report hypothesize that working capital management
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