Navigating Profitability and Assessing Impact through Strategic Working Capital Management in the Indian Auto Industry
Navigating Profitability and Assessing Impact through Strategic Working Capital Management
Maintaining profitability is very important for every organisation; without it, a company cannot survive in the long
term. Effective working capital management can improve the profitability of firms. Company managers have to make
long-term and short-term decisions, and both are equally important. Decisions regarding working capital are usually
seen as short-term. Effective management of working capital is critical in the short term to maintain liquidity, ensure
the availability of raw materials, manage inventory, etc. Various studies have been conducted to examine the effect of
working capital management on profitability. In this study, we discuss the impact of working capital management on
profitability (ROA and ROE have been taken as proxies for profitability). We collected data from 15 companies listed
in the NIFTY auto indices for a period from 2012 to 2023. In this study, we examined the relationship between the
financial performance of Indian auto industry companies included in the NIFTY auto indices from 2012 to 2023 and
their working capital components. To account for the non-normality and multicollinearity of the data, we used
Generalised Linear Models (GLMs). The findings showed that different factors, such as firm size (FS), sales growth
(SG), cash conversion cycle (CCC), and current ratio (CR), had distinct effects on profitability measures, including
return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA). Although the study identified some correlations, it also showed
that other unaccounted-for factors might more significantly impact profitability. Current and prospective investors, as
well as companies in this sector, can benefit greatly from the insights this research provides.
Keywords: Working Capital Management; Cash Conversion Cycle; Profitability; Generalised Linear Model; Indian
Automotive Industry; Financial Performance
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