浙江工商大学财务与会计学院本科毕业论文Ⅲ.外文翻译浙江工商大学财务与会计学院本科毕业论文第1页共11页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共11页外文翻译之一ThefocusofworkingcapitalmanagementinUKsmallfirms（节选）Author：CaroleHoworth，PaulWestheadNationality：NottinghamNG81BB,UKDerivation:ManagementAccountingResearchNO.14,2003,PP.94–111AbstractWorkingcapitalmanagementroutinesofalargerandomsampleofsmallcompaniesintheUKareexamined.Considerablevariabilityinthetake-upof11workingcapitalmanagementroutineswasdetected.Principalcomponentsanalysisandclusteranalysisconfirmtheidentificationoffourdistinct‘types’ofcompanieswithregardtopatternsofworkingcapitalmanagement.Thefirstthree‘types’ofcompaniesfocuseduponcashmanagement,stockordebtorsroutinesrespectively,whilstthefourth‘type’werelesslikelytotake-upanyworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Influencesontheamountandfocusofworkingcapitalmanagementarediscussed.Multinomiallogisticregressionanalysissuggeststhattheselectedindependentvariablessuccessfullydiscriminatedbetweenthefour‘types’ofcompanies.Theresultssuggestthatsmallcompaniesfocusonlyonareasofworkingcapitalmanagementwheretheyexpecttoimprovemarginalreturns.Thedifficultiesofestablishingcausalityarehighlightedandimplicationsforacademics,policy-makersandpractitionersarereported.ConclusionsandimplicationsTheaimofthisstudyhasbeentoencourageadditionalresearch,ratherthantoprovideanexhaustivereviewofallthefactorsassociatedwiththetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutinesbysmallcompanies.Threetheoriesguidedtheselectionoftheindependentvariablesexploredinthisstudy.TheRBVhighlightedthatsmallfirmshaveidiosyncraticbundlesofresourcesassociatedwiththetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Agencytheoryidentifiedtheinfluenceofexternalstakeholdersaswellasdifferencesbetweensmallandlargefirms.Transactionscoststheoryindicatedthatsmallfirmsmightinvestresourcesinspecificareasofworkingcapitalmanagementiftheyperceivethemtoofferthehighestmarginalreturn.Theresultsconsistentlyhighlighted,acrossavarietyofstatisticaltests,thatsmallfirmsarenotahomogenousgroupwithregardtoworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Considerablevariabilitywasdetectedinthetake-upof11workingcapitalmanagementroutinesbyalargerandomsampleofsmallcompaniesintheUK.EvidencefromthePCAandtheclusteranalysis第2页共11页第1页共11页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共11页confirmedtheidentificationoffourdistinct‘types’ofcompanieswithregardtothetake-upofworkingcapitalmanagementroutines.Moreover,evidencefromthemultinomiallogisticregressionanalysissuggeststhattheselectedindependentvariablessuccessfullydiscriminatedbetweenthefour‘types’ofcompanies.Twelveoutofthe18hypothesesweresupported.Afurthertwohypothesesshowedtheanticipatedrelationshipbutwerenotsignificantdiscriminatorsbetweenthe‘types’ofcompanies.Evidencethatthemajorityofsmallcompaniesfocustheireffortsononeareaofworkingcapitalmanagementindicatesthatresourcesforworkingcapitalmanagementarelimited.However,astrikingfindingfromtheregressionanalysiswasthedetectionthatfirmswhichutilizefewerworkingcapitalmanagementroutineswerenotnecessarilysmallercompanies.Wecaninferherethatresourceconstraintspersemaynotbethemajorbarriertotheutilizationofworkingcapitalmanagementroutinesbysmallercompanies.Instead,theresultsprovideanindicationthattheperceivedmarginalr...
