Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry

The paper aims on empirically testing the connection between a firm's liquidity, or else a firm's ability to manage short-term liabilities, without undue stress and its profitability. We are using both a static and dynamic measure of firm liquidity: the traditional current liquidity ratio...

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Main Authors: Miloş Marius Cristian, Miloş Laura Raisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ovidius University Press 2017-01-01
Series:Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
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Online Access:http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2017-2/Section%20IV/14.pdf
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description The paper aims on empirically testing the connection between a firm's liquidity, or else a firm's ability to manage short-term liabilities, without undue stress and its profitability. We are using both a static and dynamic measure of firm liquidity: the traditional current liquidity ratio alongside one of the most frequent used working capital management indicator, the cash conversion cycle. An empirical analysis is performed based on 50 listed companies from Bucharest Stock Exchange, covering various industries. The empirical results are confirming the previous research that has confirmed the negative connection between the days sales outstanding (DSO), respectively the days inventory outstanding (DIO) and the profitability of the firm, while cash conversion cycle seems to be positively connected with the firm profitability, in contradiction with some of the previous empirical literature.
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spelling doaj.art-5cb76782051b449ca28e0d664c427a9f2022-12-21T21:52:37ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272393-31272017-01-01XVII2425429Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian IndustryMiloş Marius Cristian0Miloş Laura Raisa1West University of Timisoara"Eftimie Murgu" University of ResitaThe paper aims on empirically testing the connection between a firm's liquidity, or else a firm's ability to manage short-term liabilities, without undue stress and its profitability. We are using both a static and dynamic measure of firm liquidity: the traditional current liquidity ratio alongside one of the most frequent used working capital management indicator, the cash conversion cycle. An empirical analysis is performed based on 50 listed companies from Bucharest Stock Exchange, covering various industries. The empirical results are confirming the previous research that has confirmed the negative connection between the days sales outstanding (DSO), respectively the days inventory outstanding (DIO) and the profitability of the firm, while cash conversion cycle seems to be positively connected with the firm profitability, in contradiction with some of the previous empirical literature.http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2017-2/Section%20IV/14.pdfROAcash conversion cycleworking capitalliquidity
spellingShingle Miloş Marius Cristian
Miloş Laura Raisa
Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
ROA
cash conversion cycle
working capital
liquidity
title Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
title_full Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
title_fullStr Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
title_full_unstemmed Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
title_short Working Capital Management and Firm Profitability. Empirical Evidence for the Romanian Industry
title_sort working capital management and firm profitability empirical evidence for the romanian industry
topic ROA
cash conversion cycle
working capital
liquidity
url http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2017-2/Section%20IV/14.pdf
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