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1、外文翻译ThefocusofworkingcapitalmanagementinUKsmallfirms(节选)Author:CaroleHoworth,PaulWestheadNationality:NottinghamNG81BB,UKDerivation:ManagementAccountingResearchNO.14,2003,PP.94–111AbstractWorkingcapitalmanagementroutinesofalargerandomsampleofsmallcompaniesintheUKare
2、examined.Considerablevariabilityinthetake-upof11workingcapitalmanagementroutineswasdetected.Principalcomponentsanalysisandclusteranalysisconfirmtheidentificationoffourdistinct‘types’ofcompanieswithregardtopatternsofworkingcapitalmanagement.Thefirstthree‘types’ofcom
3、paniesfocuseduponcashmanagement,stockordebtorsroutinesrespectively,whilstthefourth‘type’werelesslikelytotake-upanyworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Influencesontheamountandfocusofworkingcapitalmanagementarediscussed.Multinomiallogisticregressionanalysissuggeststhatt
4、heselectedindependentvariablessuccessfullydiscriminatedbetweenthefour‘types’ofcompanies.Theresultssuggestthatsmallcompaniesfocusonlyonareasofworkingcapitalmanagementwheretheyexpecttoimprovemarginalreturns.Thedifficultiesofestablishingcausalityarehighlightedandimpli
5、cationsforacademics,policy-makersandpractitionersarereported.ConclusionsandimplicationsTheaimofthisstudyhasbeentoencourageadditionalresearch,ratherthantoprovideanexhaustivereviewofallthefactorsassociatedwiththetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutinesbysmallcompani
6、es.Threetheoriesguidedtheselectionoftheindependentvariablesexploredinthisstudy.TheRBVhighlightedthatsmallfirmshaveidiosyncraticbundlesofresourcesassociatedwiththetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Agencytheoryidentifiedtheinfluenceofexternalstakeholdersaswel
7、lasdifferencesbetweensmallandlargefirms.Transactionscoststheoryindicatedthatsmallfirmsmightinvestresourcesinspecificareasofworkingcapitalmanagementiftheyperceivethemtoofferthehighestmarginalreturn.Theresultsconsistentlyhighlighted,acrossavarietyofstatisticaltests,t
8、hatsmallfirmsarenotahomogenousgroupwithregardtoworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Considerablevariabilitywasdetectedinthetake-upof11workingcapitalm
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