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- Title
Abnormal inventory and performance in manufacturing companies: evidence from the trade credit channel.
- Authors
Afrifa, Godfred Adjapong; Alshehabi, Ahmad; Tingbani, Ishmael; Halabi, Hussein
- Abstract
This paper examines the value of abnormal inventory and the channels through which firms decrease abnormally high inventory or increase abnormally low inventory for a sample of 976 United Kingdom manufacturing firms over the period from 2006 to 2015. Using GMM regressions, the results show that (i) an optimal inventory policy exists; and (ii) firms that are able to converge at this optimal inventory level by either decreasing abnormally high inventory or increasing abnormally low inventory to improve operational and stock performance. Importantly, the results show that trade receivables and trade payables are the channels through which firms achieve efficient inventory management.
- Publication
Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting, 2021, Vol 56, Issue 2, p581
- ISSN
0924-865X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s11156-020-00903-y