企业资金管理外文翻译--英国小企业运营资金管理重点

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1、Ⅲ.外文翻译外文翻译之一ThefocusofworkingcapitalmanagementinUKsmallfirms（节选）Author：CaroleHoworth，PaulWestheadNationality：NottinghamNG81BB,UKDerivation:ManagementAccountingResearchNO.14,2003,PP.94–111AbstractWorkingcapitalmanagementroutinesofalargerandomsampleofsmallcompaniesintheUKareexamined.Considerablevariab

2、ilityinthetake-upof11workingcapitalmanagementroutineswasdetected.Principalcomponentsanalysisandclusteranalysisconfirmtheidentificationoffourdistinct‘types’ofcompanieswithregardtopatternsofworkingcapitalmanagement.Thefirstthree‘types’ofcompaniesfocuseduponcashmanagement,stockordebtorsroutinesrespecti

3、vely,whilstthefourth‘type’werelesslikelytotake-upanyworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Influencesontheamountandfocusofworkingcapitalmanagementarediscussed.Multinomiallogisticregressionanalysissuggeststhattheselectedindependentvariablessuccessfullydiscriminatedbetweenthefour‘types’ofcompanies.Theresult

4、ssuggestthatsmallcompaniesfocusonlyonareasofworkingcapitalmanagementwheretheyexpecttoimprovemarginalreturns.Thedifficultiesofestablishingcausalityarehighlightedandimplicationsforacademics,policy-makersandpractitionersarereported.ConclusionsandimplicationsTheaimofthisstudyhasbeentoencourageadditional

5、research,ratherthantoprovideanexhaustivereviewofallthefactorsassociatedwiththetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutinesbysmallcompanies.Threetheoriesguidedtheselectionoftheindependentvariablesexploredinthisstudy.TheRBVhighlightedthatsmallfirmshaveidiosyncraticbundlesofresourcesassociatedwiththetake-

6、upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Agencytheoryidentifiedtheinfluenceofexternalstakeholdersaswellasdifferencesbetweensmallandlargefirms.Transactionscoststheoryindicatedthatsmallfirmsmightinvestresourcesinspecificareasofworkingcapitalmanagementiftheyperceivethemtoofferthehighestmarginalreturn.There

7、sultsconsistentlyhighlighted,acrossavarietyofstatisticaltests,thatsmallfirmsarenotahomogenousgroupwithregardtoworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Considerablevariabilitywasdetectedinthetake-upof11working