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The paper analyses the working capital structure and financing patterns of companies listed on the JSE Securities Exchange. Data was collected from 92 companies in eight economic sectors for the period 2001-2010 and analysed using descriptive statistics and trend analysis. Working capital management has grown in significance from being a survival issue to a strategic and competitive tool. The study reveals that the listed companies heavily depend on trade credit as the source of short term finance and trade receivables and inventory are their main working capital investment. The results show that firms in different economic sectors use different approaches to manage their current assets and change working capital policies in line the state of the economy.
This article aims to establish the changes that occurred in the institutional structures governing trade policy in South Africa during the period 1990-1998. It also examines the forces that influenced the application of tariff policy by the major tariffsetting bodies by applying various theories of endogenous protection to their decisions. Using firm-level data on applications made to the Board on Tariffs and Trade, the study finds that when estimating a probit model, employment considerations rather than capital invested influenced the board's decisions to grant protection. In addition, the board is found to have granted protection even in the face of tariff lines having been bound under the Uruguay Round. The article argues that this should not be interpreted as a reversal of the trade liberalization but rather as an attempt by the board to cushion firms from the acceleration in the tariff rationalization process that occurred after the GATT offer. Finally, it is suggested that the board's response to changes in import penetration ratios between industries that were considered organized provides prima facie evidence of the superior lobbying ability of such industries.
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