The Fundamentals of Working Capital Management Working Capital refers to the company’s current or short-lived assets. This includes cash‚ marketable securities‚ notes receivable‚ account receivable‚ inventories and other current assets. Non-current assets are referred to as capital assets. These are long-term assets and are mostly depreciable in nature. In evaluating an investment in capital assets‚ the future cash flows‚ the risk of those cash flows as well as the opportunity cost of the funds
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University‚ Nainital ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Success is the outcome of diligence & perseverance‚ I‚ Anuwant kaur‚ student of Third semester BBA programmed‚ would‚ like to ascribe to my success in completing my summer project’ “Working Capital” to Mrs. Leena dixit & Preeti dixit (Project guide) and to my project supervisor Mr.Neeraj joshi who have extended their sincere help in accomplishing my project. I really want to thank the above mentioned persons for their continuous support
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2. BACKGROUND The study of Working Capital Management cannot be over emphasised. It is a very important element in corporate financing and very crucial to company survival. Companies usually require an optimal level of working capital to meet daily obligations‚ continue production and make profit. However‚ some managers fall short and the companies liquidate. According to Harris (2005) “Working capital management is a simple and straight forward Concept of ensuring the ability of the firm to fund
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written about the importance of working capital management regarding the profitability of a firm (Shin and Soenen‚ 1998; Deloof‚ 2003; Garcia-Tereul and Martinez- Solano‚ 2007; Raheman and Nasr‚ 2007; Mathuva‚ 2009; Dong and Su‚ 2010). Various authors have conducted researches in different countries on employing working capital in an optimal way in order to pursue profitability. But some authors still have different findings on how working capital management in terms of cash conversion cycle and its components
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Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability An industry-wise study of Finnish and Swedish public companies Erik Rehn Department of Accounting Hanken School of Economics Helsinki 2012 HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Department of: Type of work: Master’s Thesis Accounting Author: Erik Rehn Date: 13.3.2012 Title of thesis: Effects of Working Capital Management on Company Profitability Abstract: Working Capital Management has lately been a hot topic since
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Multinational Management of Working Capital MNCs tie up funds when investing in their working capital‚ which includes short term assets such as inventory‚ accounts receivable‚ and cash. They attempt working capital management by maintaining sufficient short-term assets to support their operations. Yet‚ they do not want to invest excessively in short-term assets because these funds might be put to better use. The management of working capital is more complex for MNCs that have foreign subsidiaries
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WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT OF Bank of Kathmandu Limited A THESIS Submitted By: Tulasi Ram Mainali Nepal Commerce Campus T.U. Regd. No. 7-1-25-575-96 Campus Roll No. 498/059 Exam Roll No.1251/061 Submitted To: Office of The Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master ’s Degree In Business Studies (MBS) New Baneshwor‚ Kathmandu April‚ 2009VIVA -VOCE SHEET We have conducted the viva –voce examination of the thesis
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1. Introduction Working capital management is considered to be a very important element to analyze the organizations’ performance while conducting day to day operations‚ by which balance can be maintained between liquidity and profitability. Maintaining liquidity on daily base operation to make sure it’s running and meets its commitment is a crucial part required in managing working capital. It is a difficult task for mangers to make sure that the business function running in well-organized
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Working Capital Management in Healthcare Houma Guy. HCS 579 Health Care Finance September 24‚ 2005 Working Capital Management in Healthcare Working capital is the money required to finance the day to day operations of an organization. Working capital may be required to bridge the gap between buying of stocked items to eventual payment for goods sold on account. Working capital also has to fund the gap when products are on hand but being held in stock. Products in stock are at full cost‚ effectively
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INTRODUCTION WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2. Need of working capital 3. Gross working capital 4. Net working capital 5. Determinants of working capital Working capital management Working capital management is concerned with the problems arise in attempting to manage the current assets‚the current liabilities and the inter relationship that exist between them. The term current assets refers to those assets which inordinary course of business can be‚or
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