<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The basic financial purpose of a firm is to maximize its value. An inventory management system should also contribute to the realization of this basic aim. Many current asset management models found in financial management literature were constructed with the assumption of book profit maximization as their basic aim. However these models could lack the means for realizing a different aim, i.e., the maximization of enterprise value. This article presents a modified value-based inventory management model.</p></abstract>

The basic financial purpose of a firm is to maximize its value. An inventory management system should also contribute to the realization of this basic aim. Many current asset management models found in financial management literature were constructed with the assumption of book profit maximization as their basic aim. However these models could lack the means for realizing a different aim, i.e., the maximization of enterprise value. This article presents a modified value-based inventory management model.

A Value-oriented Framework for Inventory Management

Department of Corporate Finance and Value Management, Wroclaw University of Economics

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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The basic financial purpose of a firm is to maximize its value. An inventory management system should also contribute to the realization of this basic aim....

A Value-oriented Framework for Inventory Management

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juni 2011

Seitenbereich: 97 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-009-0019-y

Schlüsselwörter
inventory management, value-based management, free cash flow, working capital management, short-run financial management

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A Value-oriented Framework for Inventory Management

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Juni 2011

Seitenbereich: 97 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-009-0019-y

Schlüsselwörterinventory management, value-based management, free cash flow, working capital management, short-run financial management

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
inventory management, value-based management, free cash flow, working capital management, short-run financial management