scholarly journals THE WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON THE CORPORATE PROFITABILITY OF LISTED FIRMS: EVIDENCE FROM CREDIT RATINGS ON FTSE 100 COMPANIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Saygun KEREM ◽  
Boren SARGON
Keyword(s):  
Credit Ratings ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms

scholarly journals The Impact of Working Capital Management on Firm Profitability: Empirical Evidence from the Polish Listed Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sorin Anton ◽  
Anca Afloarei Nucu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Optimum Level ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Firm Profitability ◽  
Break Even Point ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between working capital and firm profitability for a sample of 719 Polish listed firms over the period of 2007–2016. The scarcity of empirical evidence for emerging economies and the importance of working capital efficiency motivate the research on the working capital–financial performance relationship. The paper adopts a quantitative approach using different panel data techniques (ordinary least squares, fixed effects, and panel-corrected standard errors models). The empirical results report an inverted U-shape relationship between working capital level and firm profitability, meaning that working capital has a positive effect on the profitability of Polish firms to a break-even point (optimum level). After the break-even point, working capital starts to negatively affect firm profitability. The study brings theoretical and practical contributions. It extends and complements the literature on the field by highlighting new evidence on the non-linear interrelation between working capital management (WCM) and corporate performance in Poland. From the practitioners’ perspective, the results highlight the importance of WCM for firm profitability.

scholarly journals Working capital management and financial performance of UK listed firms: a contingency approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Ishmael Tingbani ◽  
Venancio Tauringana ◽  
Isaac Sakyi Damoah ◽  
Widin Bongasu Sha' ◽  
N.A. ven
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Contingency Approach

scholarly journals Working Capital Management and Firm Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Sunday Simon ◽  
Norfaiezah Sawandi ◽  
Mohamad Ali Abdul-Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Significant Difference

This study examines the relationship between working capital management (WCM) and firm performance during and after the financial crisis of 2007-2008 in Nigeria. During the crisis, lending conditions were deeply affected, and financing operations became challenging for firms. Although research findings on the causes and effects of the crisis on the economy are known, what remains unknown is whether the financial crisis had a significant impact on WCM performance. This knowledge is essential for developing resilience to withstand a possible crisis in the future because vulnerability remains high as a result of the deepened integration of many economies. Thus, this study addresses this issue using a sample of 675 firm-year observations from listed firms on the Nigerian stock exchange for the period from 2007 to 2015. The differences between the two periods, the crisis period and then after the crisis period, is operationalised through two analyses. First, OLS regression analysis was conducted to determine the explanatory powers of WCM for the two periods via their R2s. Second, a test of difference using the Cramer Z-statistic for the two periods was conducted. The findings indicate that WCM variables have more explanatory power (R2) in the period after the crisis than during the crisis. Also, the results revealed that the Z-scores are significant, implying that a significant difference existed between the two periods. This means that WCM was affected during the financial crisis and led to low profitability, whereas, during the after-crisis period, WCM associates with higher profitability.

Effects of Working Capital Management on Profitability: A Case of Nepalese Manufacturing Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-147
Author(s):  
Phadindra Kumar Poudel ◽  
Pujan Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Current Ratio ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle

The study deals with the relationship between firm characteristics of working capital management and firm profitability in Nepal. It examines if firm performance, return on assets is related to cash conversion cycle, days’ sales outstanding, days’ inventory outstanding and current ratio. The study is based on pooled cross-sectional data of 10 non-financial firms from 2071/72 to 2075/76 of listed firms in the Nepal Stock Exchange. The study employed descriptive and causal-comparative research design to attainthe purpose of this study. The result reveals that the current ratio has a positively significant relationship with profitability and days’ sale outstanding has negatively significant relationship with the financial performance of the firm.

Working capital management, board structure and Tobin's q ratio of Thai listed firms

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nongnit Chancharat ◽  
Chamaiporn Kumpamool
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Board Structure ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Capital Financing

PurposeThis study investigates whether the integration between working capital management (WCM) and the structure of a firm's board of directors impacts its Tobin's q ratio. The sample set consists of 319 Thai listed firms with 3,190 firm-year observations from 2010 to 2019.Design/methodology/approachThe two-step generalized method of moments (two-step GMM) model is employed to address endogeneity.FindingsThe empirical results show that having both (1) a high level of net working capital holdings, a long period of net trade cycles or using an aggressive policy in working capital investment and (2) a more diverse board of directors decrease a firm's Tobin's q ratio. Conversely, when a firm's managers employ an aggressive policy for their working capital financing and the board structure of their firms is highly diverse, the firm's Tobin's q ratio increases. This indicates the appropriateness of some WCM policies is dependent on the characteristics of a firm's board of directors. Thus, the different integration between WCM and board structure may elicit dissimilar outcomes for a firm's Tobin's q ratio.Originality/valueTo their knowledge, the authors are the first to investigate the influence of the integration between WCM and board characteristics on Tobin's q ratio.

scholarly journals The Impact of Working Capital Management on the performance of Listed Firms: Evidence of an Emerging Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 389-407
Author(s):  
Ronald Essel ◽  
Joyce Brobbey
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Method Of Moment ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

The aim/purpose of this scientific inquiry is to empirically examine the impact of working capital management (WCM) [cash conversion cycle (CCC), number of days inventory (INV), number of days account receivable (AR), number of days account payable (AP)] and control variables [sales growth (GROW), size (SIZE), leverage (LEV), current ratio (CR) fixed financial assets to total assets (FFA)] on firm performance (FP) [ROA, Tobin’s Q (TQ)] in the context of an emerging economy, Ghana. The research used a dynamic panel System of Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) to test the hypotheses. Utilizing financial data extracted from final accounts of 36 listed companies, spanning 2010-2019, the study examined WCM-performance-nexuses by following the methodologies of researchers/scholars in extant literature. Findings/Results indicates that, whilst INV, AR, LEV demonstrated negative/inverse/indirect associations with FP; AP, GROW, SIZE, CR, FFA depicted positive/direct associations with FP. CCC however, exhibited a quadratic concave relationship with ROA.

scholarly journals The Effect of Working Capital Management on Firm’s Performance of Food and Beverages Sector in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Suzila Mohamed Yusof ◽  
Nazaria Md. Aris ◽  
Muhammad Hikmal Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
Inventory Turnover

This research examines the effect of working capital management (WCM) variables and firm’s performance using the data collected and analysed from listed firms in food and beverages sector on Bursa Malaysia. The sample comprises of 50 firms and the data is for 5 years from 2014 to 2018. The methodologies adopted in this research includes descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, Pooled Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression, Breusch-Pagan (BP) Lagrange Multiplier test, and Hausman test. Various determinants of WCM have been identified to represent the independent variables (IV) namely days of accounts receivable, days of accounts payable, inventory turnover in days and cash conversion cycle. The dependent variable uses Return on Assets (ROA) as a proxy to measure the firm’s performance. In this study, these two variables, accounts payable and cash conversion cycle has a significant and positive effect towards firm’s performance of food and beverages sector in Malaysia.  

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