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Measuring associations between working capital and return on investment
The two conflicting goals of working capital management are profitability and liquidity. This article looks at return on investment as a measure of profitability and some traditional and more recently developed working capital concepts as liquidity measures. Associations were measured between profitability and the liquidity concepts by using chi-square analysis and stepwise forward regression. The statistical test results showed that a traditional working capital leverage ratio, current liabilities divided by funds flow, displayed the greatest associations with return on investment. Well-known liquidity concepts such as the current and quick ratios registered insignificant associations whilst only one of the newer working capital concepts, the comprehensive liquidity index, indicated significant associations with return on investment.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management ; ISSN: 2078-5976 ; Volume: 28 ; Year: 1997 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-5 ; Cape Town: African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS)
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Management
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Beaumont Smith, M.
Begemann, E.
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Veröffentlichung
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African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS)
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Cape Town
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1997
- DOI
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doi:10.4102/sajbm.v28i1.783
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- Beaumont Smith, M.
- Begemann, E.
- African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS)
Time of origin
- 1997
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