PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Karakoç, Bahadir
TI  - Working Capital Management and Performance in Financially Dependent Firms: Evidence from Developing Asian Economies
DP  - 2023 Jun 30
TA  - European Journal of Business Science and Technology
PG  - 37--55
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
AID - 10.11118/ejobsat.2023.005
IS  - 23366494
AB  - This paper examines the impact of working capital management on firm performance in nine developing economies in Asia. Specifically, the study focuses on two critical aspects: the management of trade credit and inventory. The empirical findings reveal that effective management of these components significantly enhances the performance of financially dependent firms. In fact, during critical periods such as the 2008 financial crisis, these management strategies helped to boost performance considerably. However, no comparable association was observed in other firms within the sample. These results suggest that appropriate handling of trade credit and inventory can yield a significant performance advantage.