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Working Capital Management : Applications and Case Studies.

Stay liquid, think global, and better manage resources with this authoritative guide Working Capital Management is a comprehensive primer on keeping your business financially competitive in the face of limited access to short-term funds. With detailed insight applicable to each phase in the business...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sagner, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Working Capital Management; Contents; Preface; CONCEPT OF THE BOOK; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Concepts in Working Capital Management; WORKING CAPITAL CONCEPTS; Description of Working Capital Accounts; Ideas Basic to Working Capital; IMPROVING WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT; The Missing Working Capital Manager; Payment Stream Matrix: First Draft; Payment Steam Matrix: Final Version; Overcoming Resistance to Change; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORKING CAPITAL; Working Capital: The Traditional View; Working Capital: The Modern View; COST AS THE WORKING CAPITAL ISSUE; Working Capital Timeline.
  • Working Capital Cost ElementsIllustrative Total Potential Savings; Leisure Industry Working Capital Illustration; APPLYING THESE IDEAS TO A REAL BUSINESS: BEST BUY; What Is Best Buy's Industry?; Working Capital at Best Buy; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 2 Working Capital Ratios and Other Metrics; RATIO ANALYSIS; How Ratios Are Constructed; Liquidity; Activity Utilization; Profitability; Leverage; OTHER RATIOS AND THEIR APPLICATION; Troy and RMA; How Ratios Are Used; OTHER METRICS; Cash Conversion Cycle; Dell Computer's CCC; BENCHMARKING; Methodology; Working Capital Benchmarking.
  • Benchmarking ConcernsGENERAL PROBLEMS IN THE USE OF RATIOS AND METRICS; Fiscal Year; Accrual Accounting; Window Dressing; Aggregated Data; Off-Balance Sheet Obligations; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 3 Cash-Management and Fraud Prevention; FORMS OF CASH; Reactive Cash Management; Essential Cash Management Elements; PAPER TRANSACTIONS: LOCKBOXING; Lockboxing Procedures; How Does Lockboxing Reduce Float?; How Does Lockboxing Prevent Fraud?; PAPER TRANSACTIONS: DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS; Control of Access; Multipurpose Accounts; Too Many Accounts; PAPER TRANSACTIONS: CONTROLLED DISBURSEMENT.
  • Controlled Disbursement ProceduresAccount Reconciliation; How Does Controlled Disbursement Improve Float?; How Does Controlled Disbursement Prevent Fraud?; ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS; Federal Wire Transfer; Terminal-Based Electronic Payments; Why Do Frauds Still Occur?; FLOAT AND COST ISSUES; Base Case; Baseline; Possible Improvements; First Scenario; Second Scenario; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 4 Cash-Credit and Short-Term Financial Instruments; DEVELOPING A SHORT-TERM FORECAST; How to Use the Distribution Method; CASH BUDGETING; Information Required for the Cash Budget.
  • How to Prepare the Cash BudgetCREDIT FINANCING; Arranging for Bank Credit; Lines of Credit; Bank Returns on Lines of Credit; Asset-Based Financing; SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS; "No Effort Investments" and Equivalents; "Some Effort" Investments and Equivalents; Policies on Short-Term Investing; SUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 5 Managing Bank Relationships; THE CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE; Financial Deregulation; BANK RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; Twenty-First-Century Banking; Finance as the Gatekeeper to Banking Services; CASH MOBILIZATION IN A MULTIBANK NETWORK; Funds Mobilization; Too Many Bank Accounts?