scholarly journals The Impact of Working Capital Components on Firm Value in US Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Joseph Brian Cumbie ◽  
John Donnellan
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
Curvilinear Relationships ◽  
The Impact

Working capital is an important part of any businesses day-to-day operations. However, most businesses do not take into consideration that continuous investment into working capital does not maximize firm value. The specific problem addressed was firm managers that do not understand the optimal level for each component of working capital create sub-optimal value firm; leading to diminished investment returns for shareholders. For this study, 140 firms for the years 2003-2012 were selected from a stratified random sample of firms listed on the Russell 2000 index. Accounts receivable days outstanding, accounts payable days outstanding, and inventory days outstanding were regressed on economic value to determine whether a curvilinear relationship existed. All three models showed a statistically significant relationship to firm value, F(6, 2268), p<.01, R2= .40, F(6, 2268), p<.01, R2= .38, F(6, 2268), p<.01, R2= .39. Recommendations for firm managers included lowering accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory days during boom economic times while increasing accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory days during recessionary economic times. Consideration for future research into working-capital management and firm value should consider whether different curvilinear relationships exist between firm value and working-capital components during different economic cycles.

How does working capital management affect the profitability of Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hien Tran ◽  
Malcolm Abbott ◽  
Chee Jin Yap
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Accounts Payable

Purpose Well-designed and implemented working capital management (WCM) will encourage positive returns for a business and establish the firm’s value, while ineffective management will undoubtedly lead to failure of the enterprise. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In business, fixed capital and working capital are the two main forms of capital used. The current assets used in the business as working capital for day-to-day operations include raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, bills receivable, cash and bank balance. This paper analyses the relationship between WCM and profitability in Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after integration into the global economy. Findings The results suggest that SME owner-managers can increase their firm’s profitability by reducing the number of days of accounts receivable, accounts inventories and accounts payable to an optimal minimum. In addition, a robustness check of this study indicates that high profitability will be achieved, with an optimal level of working capital investment in accounts inventories, accounts receivable and accounts payable. Originality/value No work of this sort has been applied to Vietnamese circumstances. It is also rare in SE Asia more generally.

EVALUATION OF FACTORING IN THE COMPANY´S ACTIVITIES IN TRANSPORT SERVICE

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
Татьяна Гараева ◽  
Tatyana Garaeva ◽  
Людмила Згонник ◽  
Lyudmila Zgonnik ◽  
Инесса Романовна Романова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Limited Liability ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Service Company ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
The Impact

The article presents an analysis of the factoring services market at the national and global levels, and identifies the main factoring market development trends. Based on the material of transport service company, limited liability company &#34;Fairway&#34;, the authors substantiate the economic efficiency of factoring as a tool for replenishment of circulating assets of transport companies in the current economic conditions. Accumulation by factoring a number of functions is an important advantage over other forms of funding. This is especially important for small and medium-sized businesses in sphere of transport service that do not have sufficient volume of human and financial resources. Factoring allows to avoid a situation where the liability to tax on income appears before inflow of funds from the sale. Greater incentive for the factoring development for tax optimization is applying of a similar approach to the determination of the date of VAT payment. Funding within the factoring will allow Fairway to solve the problem of shortage of working capital without growth of accounts payable. Factoring has a positive effect on the financial indicators of an enterprise, such as liquidity and solvency. In general, the impact of factoring on the financial indicators of the transport service company &#34;Fairway&#34; is carried out by means of reduction of accounts receivable turnover period (shortening of the financial cycle), increasing the receivables turnover (number of turnovers), the reduction of the value of accounts receivable (release), more efficient use of working capital, increasing the coefficient of instant liquidity, reducing the tax base for income tax.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Relationship Between Initial Injury, Referral to A Pain Clinic, and Medical Retirement from the Army: A Retrospective Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 186 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 502-505
Author(s):  
Justin J Stewart ◽  
Diane Flynn ◽  
Alana D Steffen ◽  
Dale Langford ◽  
Honor McQuinn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Pain Clinic ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pain Care ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Introduction Soldiers are expected to deploy worldwide and must be medically ready in order to accomplish their mission. Soldiers unable to deploy for an extended period of time because of chronic pain or other conditions undergo an evaluation for medical retirement. A retrospective analysis of existing longitudinal data from an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center (IPMC) was used to evaluate the temporal relationship between the time of initial duty restriction and referral for comprehensive pain care to being evaluated for medical retirement. Methods Patients were adults (&gt;18 years old) and were cared for in an IPMC at least once between May 1, 2014 and February 28, 2018. A total of 1,764 patients were included in the final analysis. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the impact of duration between date of first duty restriction documentation and IPMC referral to the outcome variable of establishment of a permanent 3 (P3) profile. Results The duration between date of first duty restriction and IPMC referral showed a curvilinear relationship to probability of a P3 profile. According to our model, a longer duration before referral is associated with an increased probability of a subsequent P3 profile with the highest probability peaking at 19 months. The probability of P3 declines gradually for those who were referred later. Discussion This is the first time the relationship between time of initial duty restriction, referral to an IPMC, and subsequent P3 or higher profile has been tested. Future research is needed to examine medical conditions listed on the profile to see how they might contribute to the cause of referral to the IPMC. Conclusion A longer duration between initial duty restriction and referral to IPMC was associated with higher odds of subsequent P3 status for up to 19 months. Referral to an IPMC for comprehensive pain care early in the course of chronic pain conditions may reduce the likelihood of P3 profile and eventual medical retirement of soldiers.

scholarly journals The Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability: The Case of Small and Medium-Sized Export Companies in Tunisia

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryem Bellouma
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Fixed And Random Effects ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
The Impact

Working capital is an important component in the financial decision of the company. An optimal working capital management is reached through a trade off between profitability and liquidity. This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of 386 Tunisian export SMEs observed from 2001 to 2008. The results of fixed and random effects models show a negative relationship between corporate profitability and the different working capital components. This reveals that Tunisian export SMEs should shorten their cash conversion cycle by reducing the number of days of accounts receivable and inventories to increase their profitability.

Accounts Receivable: Payable Impact on Each Other with Special Reference to Financial Performance—A Study of Small Cap Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-373
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Mittal ◽  
Monika
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Trade Credit ◽  
Unit Root Test ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Test Correlation

Trade credit is important as a funding source for companies having a liquidity shortage. Trade credit comprises of both accounts receivable and payable. The financial literature has discussed the impact of accounts receivable or payable on a company’s financial performance. However, there is a lack of studies on the effects of accounts receivable and payable on each other and further its effect on the financial performance of small-cap companies. Financial performance is determined using the profitability and value of the company. The researchers examined the financial performance implications of offering and receiving trade credit for a sample of 193 BSE small-cap manufacturing companies in India during the period 2011–2019. Granger causality test, Levin, Lin and Chu Unit root test, correlation and regression have been used for data analysis. The finding suggested that accounts receivable influenced the use of accounts payable. The aftermath of accounts payables is that it negatively and significantly affected the profitability and had an insignificant relationship with the value of the company. The result implies that effective management of accounts receivable can influence the application of accounts payable that improves a company’s profits and value. The current study is useful for SMEs’ managers in determining the financial performance and capital structure.

scholarly journals Value Added from the Perspective of Econophysics

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Ihor Hurnyak ◽  
Nataliya Struk ◽  
Aleksandra Kordonska
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Value Added ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
Intermediate Consumption ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Business Efficiency

The production, or value added, approach to GDP involves calculating an industry or sector’s output and subtracting its intermediate consumption (the goods and services used to produce the output) to derive its value added. The value added at the macro level depends on business efficiency. It reflects an increase in value that a business creates by undertaking the production process. We assumed that the market creates thousands of vibrating energies, coming from other enterprises, with different frequencies. The purpose of this article is to verify whether the econophysics approach could be successfully used to assess a business from the perspective of the interaction between economic forces. Thus, we propose that the term ‘value added’ be understood as a certain amount of accumulated energy of enterprises that comes from the interaction of basic economic forces and economic vibrating forces of accounting. Using regression models, we show the influence of basic forces, like debt and the stock market, and vibrating ones (i.e., accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory) on the economic value added by testing US, European, and emerging markets. We confirmed the relevance and appropriateness of the econophysics approach to estimating the economic value added.

Green marketing programs as strategic initiatives in hospitality

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Scott Rosenbaum ◽  
Ipkin Anthony Wong
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Loyalty Programs ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Guest Loyalty

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate a guest’s subjective appraisal of a hotel’s green marketing program, or green equity, along with value, brand and relationship equities on guest loyalty. Design/methodology/approach – Study 1 presents three models to explicate the role of a luxury hotel’s green initiatives in influencing guest loyalty. By means of structural equation modeling, one model emerges with the best fit. Study 2 examines how tourists assign economic value to a hotel’s green programs. Findings – Green equity plays a significant role in customers’ overall assessment of a hotel’s marketing programs; however, the effect is weaker when compared with the other indicators, including a hotel’s value proposition, brand image and loyalty programs. Furthermore, the results reveal that tourists are willing to pay a price premium for a hotel’s green marketing programs. Research limitations/implications – The paper links green marketing to the customer equity model and clarifies the impact of green marketing programs on loyalty and profitability. However, the study was conducted among luxury hotel guests and tourists in Macau, a leading gambling destination; thus, these customers might not have been concerned with green marketing initiatives. Practical implications – The results show that green initiatives are beneficial as long as managers include these initiatives in their overall strategic marketing programs that also promote firm value propositions, brand images and reputation. Originality/value – The paper clarifies the role of green marketing programs in hospitality and shows how hotels can benefit from enhanced guest loyalty and decreased operational expenses by implementing green initiatives.

The Business Value of IT: A Synthesis and Framework of Archival Research

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Masli ◽  
Vernon J. Richardson ◽  
Juan Manuel Sanchez ◽  
Rodney E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Business Context ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT This paper synthesizes recent empirical archival research investigating the link between information technology investment and business value. It examines (1) financial and nonfinancial measures to represent different elements of business value, (2) IT investment measures and links with firm performance, (3) IT and business complementarities that affect firm performance, and (4) the impact of business context and IT alignment with business strategy on resulting performance. The review of prior research is guided by a balanced scorecard framework that places IT in a business context and highlights the role of potential drivers and contextual factors that impact the association between IT and firm value. The paper concludes by proposing several broad avenues of future research that may be of particular interest to archival accounting information systems researchers.

Effect of Working Capital on Profitability of Selected Quoted Firms in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olayinka Olufisayo Akinlo
Keyword(s):  
Trade Credit ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Credit Policy ◽  
Inventory Policy ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Accounts Payable

The article examines the relation between working capital management and profitability for a sample of 66 Nigerian non-financial firms for the period 1997–2007. Trade credit policy and inventory policy are measured by number of days accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventories; and the cash conversion cycle (CCC) is used as a comprehensive measure of working capital management. The results suggest that firm’s profitability is reduced by lengthening the number of days accounts receivable, number of days of inventory and number of days accounts payable. The result shows that shortening the CCC improves the profitability of the firms.

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