Foundations of Financial Management
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ISBN: 9781259277160
Author: Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 3DQ
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To explain:The significance of matching sales and production in working capital management.
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Working capital management:
The strategy of a company to ensure or monitor that it uses its current assets and current liabilities efficiently is termed as working capital management. The working capital of a company comprises of investments in current assets, such as short-term assets like cash and bank balance, inventories, receivables, and marketable securities.
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