An Inquiry Into Recievables Management

An Inquiry into Recievables Management |

Factors Affecting Recievables in Major Industries |

Neel Shah |

Contents

Executive Summary 3

Research Objectives 3

To understand the quantum of Receivables in different industries based on their business models 3

To understand and evaluate various factors leading to blockage of funds in Receivables 3

To identify and evaluate different financing options available in the market 3

To evaluate strategies adopted by various companies to manage their Receivables 4

To Recommend the best possible options for companies in different industries 4

Literature Review 5

Papers Reviewed 5

Working Capital Survey: Do selected Firms work for Shareholders?- Greg Filbeck, Thomas M Krueger 5

Evidence of earnings management from Provision for bad debts Maureen McNichols and G Peter Wilson 5

Short term financial planning in uncertainty -J.G Kalberg, R.W White and W.T Ziemba 6

Competetive Management And Working Capital -Alan P Hamlin, David F Heathfield 6

Working Capital Management and Finance -Natarajan Sundar 7

Research Methodology 8

Research Procedure Breakdown 8

Literature review 8

Pilot Survey: 8

Conducting secondary research 8

Evaluate the most important factors based on different analytical tools 9

Analysis of financing options for the evaluated factors 9

Gap analysis of financing options in Indian market vis-à-vis foreign markets 9

Reviewing and recommending best solution for receivables management 9

Executive Summary

The aim of the team involved in this research assignment is to measure and quantify factors which have an impact on the receivables in companies across the following industries:

* Oil and Natural Gas

* Metallurgy

* Media And Advertising

* Manufacturing

We aim to measure the impact each identified factor has on the company’s overall financial position.

Research Objectives

The following are the research objectives of this group. We shall follow a step by step...