scholarly journals Working Capital Management Issues in Educational Sector: A Case Study of a Private Campus in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-45
Author(s):  
Kaushika Gamage ◽  
Vilani Sachitra
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Management Issues

Business organizations try to maintain financial sustainability in the long run and ultimately try to maximize shareholders’ wealth. It has been argued that financial constraints in short term are a major barrier to the firms’ long term financial success. Working capital has seen as the basic factor that affect firm’s ability to continue their day-to-day business operations with financial stability. This case study mainly focuses on examining the reasons for working capital management issues faced by the Campus and the relationship between working capital and firm’s financial performance. This study is mainly focusing on working capital problems faced by a private Campus that operates in Sri Lankan educational sector. Required qualitative data gathered through semi-structured face to face interviews with financial experts and the quantitative data gathered using annual financial statements for last six years. Panel data regression was performed to identify the relationship between working capital management and financial performance. Qualitative data was analyzed using content and thematic analysis. Based on the regression results, average collection period, average payment period and cash conversion cycle have significant relationship over return on assets and net profit margin of the Campus. Five major themes were recognized in the thematic analysis which contained distinct subthemes. As the existing research articles lack the working capital management issues faced by the organizations in private education industry, this can be considered as an opportunity to perform an empirical study on working capital management issues faced by a private campus.

scholarly journals Manajemen Modal Kerja Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Dengan Corporate Governance Sebagai Variabel Pemoderasi

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Adrianus Dhimas Setyanto ◽  
Ika Permatasari
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Corporate Values ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Enterprise Value ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis study aims to determine the effect of working capital management on firm value. Corporate governance is used as a moderating variable in this study to explore the role of corporate governance in the relationship between working capital management with corporate values. Program participants of Corporate Governance Perception Index (CGPI) are used as a sample during the period from 2003 to 2011 and listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). We were using simple linear regression and the testing of moderating effects were calculated by Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results showed that the working capital management has an influence on the value of the firm. However, corporate governance variables failed to moderate the relationship between working capital management and enterprise value. It shows that companies and investors in the market still lack concern for the program response and Corporate Governance Perception Index (CGPI) as an assessment of the application of the principles of corporate governance that has been done by the company .Keywords: Working Capital Management, Cash Conversion Cycle, Corporate Governance, Firm Values

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Working Capital Management And Firms Profitability: An Empirical Investigation For An Emerging Asian Country

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melita Charitou ◽  
Petros Lois ◽  
Halim Budi Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
The Relationship

The major objective of this study is to examine the relationship between working capital management and firms profitability. Using a dataset of all Indonesian firms over the period 1998-2010, results show that the Cash Conversion Cycle and Net Trade Cycle are positively associated with the firms profitability. Results also show that firms riskiness, as measured by the debt ratio, is negatively related to the firms Return on Assets. The results of this study should be of interest to executives and major stakeholders, such as investors, creditors, and financial analysts, especially after the recent global financial crisis and the latest collapses of giant organizations worldwide.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability of Bumiputera-Controlled Companies in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Fairuz Sofia Kaharuddin ◽  
Ahmad Rizal Mazlan
Keyword(s):  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Conversion Period ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between working capital management and profitability of 94 listed Bumiputera-controlled companies in Malaysia for 2006 until 2012. The underlying theory is the trade-off theory of working capital and cash conversion cycle, and its components are used as measures for working capital management. Findings of the panel data regression reveal that inventory conversion period and receivable collection period are significantly negatively correlated to profitability. This suggests that the shorter the period, the higher the profitability of Bumiputera-controlled companies tends to be. However, the cash conversion cycle is significantly and positively correlated to profitability, suggesting that the longer the cash conversion period, the higher the profitability. The payable collection period is not significantly correlated to profitability. The findings of this study assert that in general, Bumiputera-controlled companies are relatively less efficient in its working capital management, as far as the comparison to previous related studies is concerned.

scholarly journals Working capital management and profitability: evidence from Indonesian manufacturing companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Irfan Aryawan ◽  
Astiwi Indriani
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Conversion Period ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
The Relationship

The aims of this study is to analyze the relationship between working capital management and profitability (return on assets) as a dependent variable and cash conversion cycle (CCC), inventory conversion period (ICP), average collection period (ACP) and average payment period (APP) as independent variables with leverage, liquidity, and size as the controlling variables. The sample of this study are manufacturing companies in the Indonesian Stock Exchange 2013-2017. The analysis using OLS showed that the ACP has a negative and significant effect on ROA and the APP has a positive and significant effect on ROA, meanwhile CCC and ICP has a negative and insignificant effect on ROA.

Working capital management and firm profitability: a meta-analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsh Pratap Singh ◽  
Satish Kumar ◽  
Sisira Colombage
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Narrative Literature Review ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this study is to quantitatively aggregate the findings of prior literature on the effect of working capital management (WCM) on corporate profitability using the meta-analysis technique developed by Hunter et al. (1982). Design/methodology/approach A set of 46 research articles that directly studied the relationship between WCM, and profitability was analyzed for the purpose. In addition to overall meta-analysis, a detailed subgroup study was also conducted to test whether the differences in results are due to moderating effects related to different profitability proxies, economic development of a specific country and size of the firms under study. Findings The findings of this meta-analysis confirm that WCM is negatively associated with profitability, which means an aggressive WCM policy leads to higher profitability. Overall, and in all the subgroup studies, the cash conversion cycle was found to be negatively associated with profitability. Originality/value Unlike narrative literature review papers, this meta-analysis provides quantitatively aggregate evidence on the relationship of WCM and firms’ profitability. To the best of authors’ knowledge, no previous meta-analysis paper is published on the topic.

scholarly journals Working capital management: evidence from Norway

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakim Lyngstadaas ◽  
Terje Berg
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of whether working capital management (WCM) has an effect on the profitability of small- and medium-sized Norwegian firms. Design/methodology/approach – The data comprise 21,075 Norwegian small- and medium-sized enterprises and 84,300 observations made between 2010 and 2013. Panel data regressions were applied with fixed effects and a two-stage least squares analysis was employed to control for endogeneity. Findings – The results indicate that reducing cash conversion cycle will increase profitability. Even though endogeneity may exist, this does not affect the results from the previous analysis. Similar results are also obtained when industry-specific effects are controlled for, supporting the robustness of the results. The relevance of quadratic dependencies of the profitability on independent variables was also identified and suggests a decreasing trend of return on assets with increasing values of the WCM’s characteristic variables. Research limitations/implications – Drawing on similar studies, this study confirms that WCM is relevant for firms’ profitability. Practical implications – The practice of aggressive working capital policy in Norwegian firms is confirmed by the results of this study. Originality/value – This study contributes to the current research on the relationship between WCM and profitability by using a large dataset to add further robustness to results, and thus verifying whether or not the results in previous studies may be confirmed or not. Moreover, this is the first published study about this relationship among Norwegian firms in different industries, thus filling a gap in similar research conducted in other European countries.

Working Capital Management and Firms' Profitability in the Midst of an Economic Crisis

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Dimitris Axiotis ◽  
Alina Hyz ◽  
Petros Kalantonis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Size Growth ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this article is to identify the relationship between working capital management and corporate performance in adverse economic circumstances. The results show positive relationship between profitability and cash conversion cycle, firm's size, growth and leverage and negative relationship between profitability and components of cash conversion cycle. Analysing the impact of the crisis it can observe that the companies can increase their profitability by reducing the period of credit granted to customers. The significance of this study stems from the fact that it sheds light for the desirable firms' policy during the period of financial constraints. Prior research on this subject has looked into various issues related to the linkage between working capital management and profitability, however, none has examined what this relationship looks like following a prolonged economic crisis.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability: Evidence from Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem Iqbal ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
Zeeshan Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper secondary data is used for analysis of working capital on profitability. In this research paper we take working capital as independent variable and net operating profit as dependent variable. We have found a significant negative relationship between net operating profitability and the average collection period, inventory turnover in days, average payment period and cash conversion cycle for a sample of Pakistani firms listed on Karachi stock exchange. Previous theoretical research predicts negative relationship between cash conversion cycle and corporate profitability. The results of regression indicate that the coefficient of account receivable is negative; that is, the increase or decrease in average collection period wills significantly affect the profitability of the firm. According to inter-item correlation matrix the relationship of account receivables, account payables and inventory with profit shows positive relationship but cash conversion cycle, financial debt and financial assets shows negative relationship with profitability. Inventory shows the positive relationship with dependent variable which proves that working capital management has a positive effect on firm’s probability.

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