Lorenzo Preve and Virginia Sarria-Allende
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199737413
- eISBN:
- 9780199775637
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737413.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Financial Economics
Working capital management is one of the most important topics in corporate finance: it relates to the operating investment of a firm and the way managers choose to finance it. This topic, mostly ...
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Working capital management is one of the most important topics in corporate finance: it relates to the operating investment of a firm and the way managers choose to finance it. This topic, mostly ignored by academics for years, is now gaining importance as we realize that financial markets are not as efficient as they were assumed to be, especially as firms expand outside the developed economies. This book provides a general framework that helps to understand working capital in a comprehensive approach, linking operating decisions to their financial implications and to the overall business strategy.Less
Working capital management is one of the most important topics in corporate finance: it relates to the operating investment of a firm and the way managers choose to finance it. This topic, mostly ignored by academics for years, is now gaining importance as we realize that financial markets are not as efficient as they were assumed to be, especially as firms expand outside the developed economies. This book provides a general framework that helps to understand working capital in a comprehensive approach, linking operating decisions to their financial implications and to the overall business strategy.