WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY INTENSITY

Abstract

Several studies in literature presented that technology intensity firms, which are also assumed as R&D intensive ones, are holding more liquid assets, especially cash, compared to other firms. This study investigates possible differences, which are born by tendency of holding more liquid assets in technology intensive firms, in working capital management policies in emerging markets. 437 firms from 15 emerging countries have been analyzed by the use of Kuruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests. The results revealed that technology intensive firms have been following different and more aggressive working capital management policies compared to less technology intensive ones.