Working Capital and Financial Performance
Working Capital and Financial Performance is a research topic within Accounting. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of working capital management, particularly trade credit, on the profitability and financial performance of firms, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It delves into the dynamics of liquidity management, bank lending relationships, and the role of trade credit in addressing financial constraints within the context of supply chain finance.
- Working Capital Management
- Trade Credit
- Profitability
- Financial Performance
- SMEs
- Liquidity Management
- Corporate Finance
- Bank Lending
- Financial Constraints
- Supply Chain
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +84% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Working Capital and Financial Performance research?
By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (1.6k and 440 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 1.6k works
- 2 India 440 works
- 3 China 404 works
- 4 Nigeria 390 works
- 5 Türkiye 298 works
- 6 United States 232 works
- 7 Kenya 196 works
- 8 Pakistan 110 works
- 9 South Africa 96 works
- 10 Brazil 89 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Working Capital and Financial Performance research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tarumanagara University publishes the most Working Capital and Financial Performance research, followed by Universitas Patria Artha and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 69 works
- 2 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 61 works
- 3 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 54 works
- 4 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 42 works
- 5 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 39 works
- 6 Universitas PamulangIndonesia 36 works
- 7 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 26 works
- 8 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 25 works
- 9 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 23 works
- 10 Universitas Prima IndonesiaIndonesia 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Working Capital and Financial Performance?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Working Capital and Financial Performance include Gregory F. Udell.
- 1 Gregory F. Udell United States 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Working Capital and Financial Performance research done?
The largest centres of Working Capital and Financial Performance research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Nairobi (Kenya), Makassar (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kaduna and Nairobi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KadunaNG · 21.7 works39×
- NairobiKE · 124.4 works28×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Working Capital and Financial Performance than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Working Capital and Financial Performance?
Among universities, judged by research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Tarumanagara University and Universitas Patria Artha score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya | 61.1 | 0.9% | 88.5× | 54 | +1310.6% |
| 2 | Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia | 60.7 | 1.1% | 25.1× | 69 | +1300.0% |
| 3 | Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia | 60.4 | 2.6% | 14.8× | 61 | +1126.2% |
| 4 | Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia | 58.1 | 30.1% | 9.1× | 8 | +695.7% |
| 5 | Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 57.5 | 42.2% | 12.0× | 9 | — |
| 6 | Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia | 56.8 | 3.0% | 17.5× | 39 | +578.6% |
| 7 | Durban University of TechnologySouth Africa | 55.5 | 23.5% | 12.0× | 9 | +163.9% |
| 8 | Dongbei University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 54.3 | 36.6% | 27.1× | 9 | — |
| 9 | The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNigeria | 54.2 | 18.4% | 16.1× | 10 | +234.0% |
| 10 | Symbiosis International UniversityIndia | 54.1 | 27.9% | 8.7× | 15 | +121.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Working Capital and Financial Performance research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Working Capital and Financial Performance.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.