Working Capital Management at Excel Crop Care Ltd.
Vishwanath S R, Cases in Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, 2008
23 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last revised: 6 Oct 2010
Date Written: August 18, 2008
Abstract
In 2006 a divisional manager at ECCL commissioned a study to improve the overall working capital management. Students are asked to make inter firm comparisons and estimate the likely savings from improvements.
The objective of the case is to introduce issues in overall working capital management. To explore a range of issues in working capital management with a primary focus on accounts receivable and inventory; extend students' skills in financial statement modeling and analysis; and examine some of the challenges in financial (and general) management of firms in developing countries
Keywords: working capital, inventory, financial forecasting
JEL Classification: G30, G31
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