...Veronica De Blasio; Pietro Pavone; Guido Migliaccio Purpose This study offers a focus on the income dynamics of the sector, analyzing the evolution of the main profitability indicators (ROE, ROA, ROI and ROS) of 457 Italian companies in the 2008–2020 period. So, it is possible to verify...

... balance. This paper analyses the relationship between WCM and profitability in Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after integration into the global economy. Findings The results suggest that SME owner-managers can increase their firm’s profitability by reducing the number of days...

...Godfred Adjapong Afrifa; Kesseven Padachi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the results of an investigation of the relationship between working capital level, measured by the cash conversion cycle (CCC) and profitability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design...

...) to the profitability of SMEs. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs panel data regression analysis and a questionnaire survey on a sample of 133 Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed SMEs. The panel data analysis utilises financial data for the period 2005 to 2009. The questionnaire survey results...

... created five or more years previously (created before 1991). The first group consists of 19 enterprises and the second 48 enterprises. A study of those variables that better reflect the potential of the business was carried out. The level of risk, the growth and the profitability, characteristics that we...