我国企业“零营运资金”管理分析 外文原文.pdfVIP

EFFECT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON PROFITABILITY OF FIRMS IN MALAYSIA  MA, Zariyawati a , MN, Annuar b and AS, Abdul Rahim c a ,b c Univeristi Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Abstract ： Working capital management is important part in firm financial management decision. An optimal working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of firm value. To reach optimal working capital management firm manager should control the trade off between profitability and liquidity accurately. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between working capital management and firm profitability. Cash conversion cycle is used as measure of working capital management. This study is used panel data of 1628 firm-year for the period of 1996-2006 that consist of six different economic sectors which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. The coefficient results of Pooled OLS regression analysis provide a strong negative significant relationship between cash conversion cycle and firm profitability. This reveals that reducing cash conversion period results to profitability increase. Thus, in purpose to create shareholder value, firm manager should concern on shorten of cash conversion cycle till accomplish optimal level. Keywords: Working Capital Management, Cash Conversion Cycle, Profitability and Liquidity INTRODUCTION Working capital is an important issue during financial decision making since its being a part of investment in asset that requires appropriate financing investment. However, working capital always being disregard in financial decision making since it involve investment and financing in short term period. Further, also act as a restrain in financial performance, since it does not contribute to return on equity (Sanger, 2001). Though, it should be critical for to a firm to sustain their short term investment since it w