THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON THE SIZE OF INVENTORIES
Theodor Kohers
(Professor of Finance and International Business, College of Business and Industry, PO Drawer DF, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762)
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Abstract
For many businesses the investment in inventories, measured in absolute amounts or as a percentage of assets, turns out to be quite significant. According to recent statistics, the average nonfinancial US corporation has a larger percentage of its funds invested in inventory than in any other current asset. In fact, the role of inventories for many firms in the wholesale and retail trade is even more pronounced where many firms have in excess of 40 percent of their total assets invested in inventory.
Citation
Kohers, T. (1989), "THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON THE SIZE OF INVENTORIES", Managerial Finance, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 7-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013628
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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