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    Impact of Credit Risk Management on Profitability of Licensed Finance Companies in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Madusanka, A.P.; Bandara, R.M.S.
    The Licensed Finance Companies (LFCs) sector plays a prominent role within the financial system in Sri Lanka. LFCs are dealing with massive loan portfolio in the country and credit risk is one of the most significant risks which is faced by LFCs. The main purpose of the research is to investigate impact of credit risk management on profitability of LFCs in Sri Lanka. In the research model, Return On Assets (ROA) and Return On Equity (ROE) are the indicators for Profitability of LFCs, and Gross Non- Performing Loans (GNPL), Provision for Loss Facilities / Credit Facilities ratio (PLFCF), Total Credit Interest/Credit Facilities ratio (TCICF), Credit Recovery Cost/Credit Interest ratio (CRCCI), and Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) are indicators for credit risk management. The research collected data from 30 LFCs in Sri Lanka from 2011 to 2016 and formulated five hypotheses to achieve the research objective. A series of statistical tests were performed in order to test the impact of credit risk management on profitability of LFCs in Sri Lanka. Results disclosed that there is a significant negative impact of the credit risk indicators of GNPL and PLFCF on profitability of LFCs in Sri Lanka and Overall findings revealed that there is significant impact of credit risk management on profitability of LFCs in Sri Lanka. This finding indicates that the better the credit risk management is, the higher the profitability to the LFCs in Sri Lanka.
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    The Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability: Expolanka Case Study
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Ismail, I.; Bandara, R.M.S.
    Commercial Organizations operate with the motive of improving shareholder wealth. Organizations are expected to manage their long term and short term financial resources to achieve the objective of shareholder profit maximization which is in line with maximization of wealth. In the backdrop of competitive landscape and scarcity of financial resources, the effective and efficient management of working capital is of paramount importance. This leads to companies giving priority in managing their working capital. The purpose of this study is to examine the Impact of Working Capital Management (WCM) on Profitability. To unearth answers for this question, 183 firm year observations covering 4 industry segments of Expolanka subsidiaries were investigated. The study covered five financial years from 2009 to 2014. Days sales outstanding, days payables outstanding, days inventory outstanding and cash conversions cycle were used as independent variables to measure WCM while gross profit margin, net profit margin, return on total assets and return on total equity were used as dependent variables to measure profitability. Pearson’s correlation analysis and regression analysis was used to analyst the relationship between these variables. According to results, it was evidenced that there is statistically significant positive relationship between Days sales outstanding and the Gross profit and Net Profit in Expolanka subsidiaries. Further there is statistically significant positive relationship between days payable outstanding and gross profit. Inventory days outstanding with gross profit has recorded statistically significant positive relationship. Cash conversion cycle has recorded significantly negative relationship with Gross profit and Net profit. Accordingly it was evidenced that shorter cash conversion cycle increases the profitability in Expolanka subsidiaries.