How does working capital management affect the profitability of Indian companies?

Nufazil Altaf and Farooq Ahmad Shah

Journal of Advances in Management Research, 2018, vol. 15, issue 3, 347-366

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between working capital management (WCM) and firm profitability for a sample of 437 non-financial Indian companies. Design/methodology/approach - The study is based on secondary financial data obtained from Capitaline database, pertaining to a period of ten years. This study employs two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) techniques to arrive at results. Findings - The results of the study confirm the inverted U-shape relationship between WCM and firm profitability. In addition, the authors also found that the firms should complete its CCC on an average by 63 days. Originality/value - Unlike prior studies that found a linear relationship between WCM and firm profitability. This study provides newer evidence for an inverted U-shaped relation between investment in working capital and firm profitability in India. In addition, this study uses GMM to control the potential problems of endogeneity.

Keywords: India; Firm profitability; Working capital management; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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