in Business Research FACTORS INFLUENCING CORPORATE WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGING ECONOMY KAMAL NASER1‚ RANA NUSEIBEH2 and AHMED AL-HADEYA3 ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to explore factors that influence working capital management by non-financial companies listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. The cash conversion cycle is used to proxy working capital management where short cycle implies effective management. Six factors frequently employed in previous research
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Mercury Capital Analytics Corporate Finance White Paper Misinformation About Capital Management and Value Creation The quality of corporate financial management has deteriorated generally over the past few decades. Practitioners have become so enamored of engineering complex new investment instruments‚ and legal structures‚ as well as with accounting legerdemain‚ that attention has been diverted from the theoretical foundations which should help the practitioner accomplish his most critical function
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implications of the failure to manage working capital adequately. Working capital is defined as the day to day finances utilized by a firm. It is the firm’s current assets less its liabilities. Managing working capital is about ensuring that the business needs to be able to maintain the day-to-day expenses. A company cannot function without working capital and‚ if mismanaged‚ it can potentially lead to the company’s demise. Failure to adequately manage working capital can disrupt a business’ operations
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The Effective Management of Human Capital: Retaining Employees & Decreasing Employee Turnover MGT580x.Fall2011 Laurie Wells Organizational employee turnover and employee retention issues can be two of the most devastating management issues that an organization will face. Without organizational leadership monitoring and controlling these issues‚ employee morale can be affected and there can be a severe negative impact on the organization’s
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Topic: Knowledge Management and Intellectual capital AUTHORS: D GUPTA B PRUDHVI M KIRAN REDDY Abstract: Knowledge is something that comes from information processed by using data. It includes experience‚ values‚ insights‚ and contextual information and helps in evaluation and incorporation of new experiences and creation of new knowledge. People use their knowledge in making decisions as well as many
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INTRODUCTION:- Working Capital refers to that part of the firm’s capital‚ which is required for financing short-term or current assets such a cash marketable securities‚ debtors and inventories. Funds thus‚ invested in current assets keep revolving fast and are constantly converted into cash and this cash flow out again in exchange for other current assets. Every running business needs working capital. Even a business which is fully equipped with all types of fixed assets required is bound to
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the following is NOT a capital component when calculating the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? Choose one answer. | a. Long-term debt. | | | b. Accounts payable. | | | c. Retained earnings. | | | d. Common stock. | | | e. Preferred stock. | | Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question 2 Marks: 1 For a typical firm‚ which of the following sequences is CORRECT? All rates are after taxes‚ and assume the firm operates at its target capital structure. Choose one answer
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Working Capital Recommendations and Impact of Revenue Increase Working capital recommendations refer to an increase of financial investments through the issuance of stocks and bonds. What this does is increase money so Starbucks can use it for restructuring and for the potential of bringing new products and services into the market. According to the Starbucks‚ (2008) “Increased leverage and/or increases in interest rates may harm the Company’s financial condition and results of operations”
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is about the Knight Capital Group’s trading issue in the third quarter of 2012‚ which wiped off over 75% of Knights’ market capitalization. Knight Capital Group‚ is a global financial services that provides market making‚ electronic execution‚ and institutional sales and trading for its clients. At its peak‚ the firm’s high-frequency trading algorithms accounted for almost 20% of all U.S. equities‚ with a market share of 17.3% on NYSE and 16.9% on NASDAQ. Knight Capital Group’s $440 million
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ITM 309 Team Project Fall 2014 Points 205 Due On the day of your Recitation 12 November 12‚ 2014 or November 13‚ 2014 Submit Team Report and Team PowerPoint Presentation (D2L dropbox) at 800 a.m. on the day of your Recitation. (A) Team Project Description Scenario You recently inherited your grandfathers coffee shop‚ which is conveniently located in downtown East Lansing. The cafe offers many different kinds of coffee and tea‚ a full service bakery‚ and sandwiches‚ soups‚ and salads. Your grandfather
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