of working capital – gross working capital and net working capital. While gross working capital refers to a firm’s investment in total current asset net working capital means the difference between current assets and current liabilities Pandey (2004). According to Rose et al. (2000) a company’s working capital policy refers to the determination of an appropriate level for each of the component of working capital viz. cash, accounts receivable, inventories etc. And they defined working capital management
INTROUCTION Working capital is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity available to a business, organization or other entity, including governmental entity. Along with fixed assets such as plant and equipment, working capital is considered a part of operating capital. Gross working capital equals to current assets. Working capital is calculated as current assets minus current liabilities. If current assets are less than current liabilities, an entity has a working capital deficiency
Working capital management is an important aspect of corporate finance because it directly affects the profitability and liquidity of a company. Working Capital Management is a way of deploying current liabilities and current assets in an efficient way to maximize on short-term liquidity. Working capital is a financial barometer which acts as a representative of operating liquidity available to a firm, basically working capital is the difference between current assets of a firm that is cash or convertible
and Singhvi (1979) adopting the working capital cycle approach to the working capital management, also suggested that investment in working capital could be optimized and cash flows could be improved by reducing the time frame of the physical flow from receipt of raw material to shipment of Finished goods, i.e. inventory management, and by improving the terms on which firm sells goods as well as receipt of cash. However, the further suggested that working capital investment could be optimized also
financial management primarily deals with three core areas that have a bearing on a firm’s financial goals. As postulated by Firer et al (2008), these three core areas of corporate finance are as follows: (1) capital budgeting, which encapsulates the process of planning and managing a firm’s long-term investments; (2), capital structure, which outlines the specific mixture of long-term debt and equity maintained by a firm and last, (3) working capital management, which deals with management of a firm’s
project and make the decision as the whether that investment will be worthwhile. In the multinational setting, this process becomes even more complicated for the CFO, as they have to analyze their potential investments in relation to numerous factors. The factors range can range from political instability to the recent economic slowdown in Russia.
Nalco • Malco • Ratnamani Metals • Sujana Metal Products WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT “More business fails for lack of cash than for want of profit” .Proficient administration of working capital is one of the preconditions for the accomplishment of a venture. Productive administration of working capital means administration of different parts of working capital in such a path, to the point that a sufficient measure of working capital is kept up for smooth running of a firm and for satisfaction
INTRODUCTION Working capital management is typically seen as the managing the money. Working capital management is one of the business firms and it is an economic activity concerned with the production and sale of goods and services for the purpose of earning profit. Broadly defined, working capital management is a life and blood of a business firm. Working capital management concerned with problems that rise in attempting to manage current asset, current liabilities and the exist between them
Human resource capital is the most important among all the resources an organization owns. To retain efficient and experienced in any organization is very vital in overall performance of an organization. Motivated employees can make it possible to build organization competitively more productive and profitable. The present study is an attempt to find out the major factors that motivate employees through implementing a suitable Reward Management System and it tells what is the relationship among reward
The viability of a project is dependent on various factors which include selling price, cost of raw materials, cost of finance, availability of critical inputs and dependence on market like buyer/seller market, other key technical parameters etc. In the absence of any defined factors and its values for carrying out the sensitivity analysis, it has been decided that a common 5% sensitivity factor on sale price/cost price of major raw materials should be applied in appraisals