A Model for Explaining Working Capital Management: A Structural Equilibrium Modeling Approach

Working capital is a huge part of the company's capital and its management is of great importance. Because current assets and liabilities include items that directly contribute to the operating cycle of the company. Therefore, based on this argument, the present study aims to provide a model explanation for working capital with financial performance and profitability of the company with the approach of structural equation modeling. For this purpose, a sample of 159 companies accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2010-2010 was selected. Working capital management (hidden variable) by observable variables (average payback period, average period of inventory turnover, average payment period, cash cycle, cash holdings, current ratio, and cash cycle turnover efficiency) and performance The financial and profitability of the company was also measured based on the rate of return on assets and the rate of return on equity. Following the assurance of the appropriateness of fitting the measurement and structural patterns of research, the results indicate that the management of working capital reduces financial performance. Also, the results of structural equations of this study showed that the management of working capital in accordance with the conservative policy of the manager leads to reduced profitability of the company