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Negative operating cash flows and investment inefficiency

Managerial Finance, 2021
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify whether negative operating cash flows are related to investment inefficiency, and specifically whether they are related to subsequent overinvestment and if this relationship is driven by agency problems within the firm.Design/methodology/approachThe study conducts fixed effect regressions, testing the ...
Chris Harris, Zhe Li
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Operating Cash Flows and Earnings Target Revision

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
We examine the extent to which current operating cash flows are incorporated in future earnings targets in executive compensation. Using target and actual compensation earnings per share (EPS) disclosed in proxy statements for large U.S. public companies, we find that revision of the following year’s EPS target is unrelated to current operating cash ...
Wei Zhu, Yue Laura Li, Shuyang Wang
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Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts and the Predictive Ability and Pricing of Operating Cash Flows

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
I examine the association between analysts' cash flow forecasts and the predictive ability and pricing of operating cash flows. I argue that when analysts issue cash flow forecasts, they serve a monitoring role over the firm's reported cash flow information.
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Misclassifying cash flows from operations: intentional or not?

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 2014
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the accuracy and informational quality of the cash from operations section of the cash flow statement. Design/methodology/approach – This paper empirically tested the accuracy of the cash from operations ...
Karen Lightstone, Karrilyn Wilcox, Louis Beaubien   +2 more
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Pitfalls in Calculating Cash Flow from Operations.

The Accounting Review, 1985
Abstract ABSTRACT: Although many firms now prepare a cash-based statement of changes in financial position, reported "funds from operations" is typically a measurement of working capital. The statement reader wishing to determine cash flow from operations must use a series of indirect adjustments to do so. Our purpose in this paper is
Ralph H. Drtina, James A. Largay III
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Cash-flow analysis of a wind turbine operator

2009 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE), 2009
The intermittent characteristics of wind energy seriously affect the reliability and output power of wind turbine generator (WTG). The paper outlines a method to evaluate the distribution of WTG operator's daily cash-flow by developing an algorithm based on Monte-Carlo technique.
N. M. Muhamad Razali, A. H. Hashim
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Aspects Concerning on Operative Cash-Flow Planning [PDF]

Annals of University of Petroşani, 2007
Most managers after viewing the financial reports received from the accounting department ask one question “Where is the money?”. Mostly they ask this question because the trial balance shows profit while most firms in Romania struggle in money slumps.
Vasile Popeangă, Teodora Vătuiu
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A Structural Model of a Firm’s Operating Cash Flow with Applications

Management Science
Effective management of a firm’s operating cash flow is essential for supporting growth, servicing debt, and maintaining overall financial health. Mismanagement of cash flows can result in severe liquidity challenges and even business failure. However, managing operating cash flow is complex because of its intricate, endogenous relationships with ...
Kashish Arora, Vishal Gaur
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The moderating effect of serial correlation of changes in operating cash flow on the relationship between operating cash flow and accruals

Financial Accounting and Auditing Research, 16(64 ...
Eftekharifar, Siavash, Azimi Yancheshmeh, Majid, Farhadi, Maryam, Sadeqi, Mohsen   +3 more
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Unusual operating cash flows and stock returns

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2008
The current financial reporting of cash flows from operations does not present individual sources of these cash flows, making it difficult for investors to assess a firm’s future performance. I hand-collect individual cash flows from unusual operations and examine their characteristics for predicting future cash flows. The results show that the unusual
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