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Abnormal inventory and performance in manufacturing companies: evidence from the trade credit channel

Abnormal inventory and performance in manufacturing companies: evidence from the trade credit channel
Abnormal inventory and performance in manufacturing companies: evidence from the trade credit channel
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.
Abnormal inventory, Firm performance, Firm risk, Trade payables, Trade receivables
0924-865X
581–617
Afrifa, Godfred Adjapong
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Alshehabi, Ahmad
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Tingbani, Ishmael
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Halabi, Hussein
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Afrifa, Godfred Adjapong
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Alshehabi, Ahmad
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Afrifa, Godfred Adjapong, Alshehabi, Ahmad, Tingbani, Ishmael and Halabi, Hussein (2021) Abnormal inventory and performance in manufacturing companies: evidence from the trade credit channel. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 56, 581–617. (doi:10.1007/s11156-020-00903-y).

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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.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 30 June 2020
Published date: February 2021
Keywords: Abnormal inventory, Firm performance, Firm risk, Trade payables, Trade receivables

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Local EPrints ID: 443954
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443954
ISSN: 0924-865X
PURE UUID: 60d7f3e8-9016-4c37-b0e0-e01d2645ead8
ORCID for Ahmad Alshehabi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8341-8714

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Date deposited: 17 Sep 2020 16:41
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:14

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Author: Godfred Adjapong Afrifa
Author: Ahmad Alshehabi ORCID iD
Author: Ishmael Tingbani
Author: Hussein Halabi

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