Table 1

Characteristics of factors affecting the management policy for overdue accounts receivable

FactorMeasureParameters
overdue accounts receivable incidenceenterprise declarationpersistent overdue accounts receivable problem
occasional overdue accounts receivable problem
no problem - no overdue accounts receivable
business sizenet sales revenues (in million EUR)not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 2m, or the total assets on its balance sheet not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 2m as at the end of one of those years
not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 10m, or the total assets on its balance sheet not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 10m as at the end of one of those years
not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 50m, or the total assets on its balance sheet not exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 43m as at the end of one of those years
exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 50m, or the total assets on its balance sheet exceeding the PLN equivalent of EUR 43m as at the end of one of those years
headcount<9
10–49
50–249
250–499
>500
type of business operationsper typemanufacturing
services
marketing
finance
manufacturing
logistics
construction
transportation
commerce
other
gender structure of accounts receivable manager teamper typefemale
male
female and male
years in businessnumber of years1–9
9–16
16–31
>31
form of business ownershipby typestate-owned
private; Polish capital
private; foreign capital
legal form of the businessby typegeneral partnership
partnership
limited partnership
partnership limited by shares
limited liability company
joint-stock company
simple joint-stock company
sole trader acting under a general partnership agreement with another business
sole trader
sole trader additionally engaged in business operations with other businesses under a general partnership agreement
cooperative
foundation
state-owned enterprise
budgetary authority
location of the head officeby typeone of the 16 Polish voivodeships
type of municipality where the business is basedby typerural
municipality
urban municipality
size of the town/city where the head office is locatednumber of residents<50
50–150
150–500
>500
business territorylocally vs. globallylocally
globally
Source(s): Authors’ own elaboration

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