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1. 1. Variations in working capital management in Croatia and Finland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Luka Kristijan; Max-Erik Viking Björkqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Working capital management; Cash management; Inventory management; Accounts receivable management; Accounts payable management; Mixed-method research; Variations; Croatia; Finland; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the variations in working capital management between Croatian and Finnish companies across different sizes. The study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing these variations and the underlying reason behind them. READ MORE

3. 2. Governed by the Owner or Governed by Debt? The impact of a change in ownership and debt on the working capital management of Private Equity buyouts in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Josefine Lundquist; Wilhelm Michaelsen; [2022]
   Keywords : Working capital management; Agency theory; Private equity; Financial debt;

   Abstract : This study examines the impacts of a change in ownership and financial debt on the working capital management of private equity buyouts in the Swedish market. Based on a sample of 134 Swedish buyouts that occurred between the second half of 2009 and first half of 2017, we first analyze the three post buyout-year changes in net working capital, defined as inventory + accounts receivable - accounts payable, followed by investigating the relationship between financial debt/assets and net working capital metrics using post buyout-year panel data. READ MORE

4. 3. Managerial Ability, Market Competition and Trade Credit

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Yao Cai; Danyang Liu; [2020]
   Keywords : Management Heterogeneity; Managerial Ability; Market Competition; Trade Creidt;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to first estimate the relationship between managerial ability and trade credit and then examine the moderating effect of market competition on this relationship. We construct a sample consisting of 24,081 firm-year observations within 4,259 US firms and employ two-dimensional fixed effects regression models to test them. READ MORE

5. 4. THE IMPACT OF LIQUIDITY ON PROFITABILITY : An explanatory study of the banking sector between 2008 and 2017

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Chembe Rodney Bwacha; Jing Xi; [2018]
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   Abstract : The 2007/08 global financial crisis led to significant changes in the financial world especially the banking sector. It led to regulators and governments tightening regulations in banking sector in order to mitigate the aftermath effects of the global crisis as well as prevent a repeat of the mistakes that initially led to the kick-off of the crisis. READ MORE

6. 5. Profitability Effects of Working Capital Management: An Analysis of Swedish SMEs

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Andrew Benecke; Robin Fredriksson Lindmark; [2017]
   Keywords : Cash conversion cycle; Dynamic panel GMM estimator; Firm profitability; SMEs; Working capital management;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the profitability in Swedish small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is affected by working capital management (WCM). The cash conversion cycle and its three elements (days in inventory, days accounts receivable and days accounts payable), which are utilised as measures of WCM, all show negative relationships with SME profitability when analysed with fixed effects regressions. READ MORE