Working capital and firm performance: role of COVID-19 disruption

Pushpesh Pant, Pradeep Rathore, Krishna kumar Dadsena and Bhaskar Shandilya

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2023, vol. 73, issue 4, 1137-1166

Abstract: Purpose - This study examines the performance effect of working capital for a large sample of Indian manufacturing firms in light of supply chain disruption, i.e. the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach - This study is based on secondary data collected from the Prowess database on Indian manufacturing firms listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 500. Panel data regression analyses are used to estimate all models. Moreover, this study has employed robust standard errors to consider for heteroscedasticity concerns. Findings - The results challenge the current notion of working capital investment and reveal that higher working capital has a positive and significant impact on firm performance. Further, it highlights that Indian manufacturing firms suffered financially post-COVID-19 as they significantly lack the working capital to run day-to-day operations. Originality/value - This research contributes to the scant literature by examining the association between working capital financing and firm performance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, representing typical developing economies like India.

Keywords: Working capital; Supply chain disruption; COVID-19; Firm performance; Manufacturing firm; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-07-2022-0328

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