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Determinants of Accounts Receivable Level: Portfolio Approach in Firm's Trade Credit Policy

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  • Grzegorz Michalski

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Trade credit management should contribute to realization of basic financial purpose of an enterprise which is the is maximization of its value. Many of the current asset management models that are found in financial management literature assume book profit maximization as the basic financial purpose. These book profit-based models could be lacking in what relates to maximization of enterprise value. The enterprise value maximization strategy is executed with a focus on risk and uncertainty. This article presents the consequences that can result from operating risk that is related to purchasers using payment postponement for goods and/or services. The present article offers a method that uses portfolio management theory to determine the level of accounts receivable in a firm. An increase in the level of accounts receivables in a firm increases both the net working capital and the costs of holding and managing accounts receivables.

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  • Grzegorz Michalski, 2008. "Determinants of Accounts Receivable Level: Portfolio Approach in Firm's Trade Credit Policy," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2008(5), pages 47-56.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2008:y:2008:i:5:id:161:p:47-56
    DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.161
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    1. Gregory S. NAMUSONGE & Mary Nelima LYANI (SINDANI) & Maurice SAKWA, 2016. "Accounts Receivable Risk Management Practices and Growth of SMEs in Kakamega County, Kenya," Expert Journal of Finance, Sprint Investify, vol. 4(1), pages 31-43.
    2. Mary Nelima LYANI (SINDANI) & Gregory S. NAMUSONGE & Maurice SAKWA, 2016. "Accounts Receivable Risk Management Practices and Growth of SMEs in Kakamega County, Kenya," Expert Journal of Finance, Sprint Investify, vol. 4, pages 31-43.

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    Keywords

    accounts receivable; trade credit management; incremental analysis; value based management; portfolio analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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