Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

WORKING CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN MICRO INDUSTRIES (with special reference to Kerala state, India)

Jayan V. K

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Working capital structure plays a significant role in the profitability of any business organization. The major reason&nbsp;</p> <div>behind any unsuccessful small scale industries is its wrong working capital structure, which cannot be easily identified&nbsp;</div> <div>like the fixed capital problems. All the major financial problems in micro industries finally arrived at its weak working&nbsp;</div> <div>capital structure. This study made an attempt to throw light on such working capital structure problems. The researcher has taken this topic to&nbsp;</div> <div>identify the factors that constitute the working capital structure and its impact on firms overall profitability The researcher has been selected 100&nbsp;</div> <div>samples across 10 different micro industries for the study using convenience sampling method. Major tools like Ratio Analysis, One way ANOVA ,&nbsp;</div> <div>Standard Deviation, Mean Deviation, Coefficient of Variation etc are used in the study</div>