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IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN GHANA
Abstract Despite numerous research on inventory management on firm performance, and manufacturing firm’s contribution to the Ghanaian economy, its contextual impact still need much investigation because of lack of clarity and divergent findings. The study aims to investigate the impact of inventory management on firm performance of listed manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study used a cross sectional secondary data designed to test whether there is any relationship between inventory management and firm’s performance of listed manufacturing firms in Ghana. The sample of this study included 140 firm-year observations from 14 listed manufacturing firms in Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) over a 10-year period, from 2007 to 2016. Measures of firm performance which were profitability and operating cash flows were examined. Regression equations stated in the form of return on assets and operating cash flow was used in analysing firm performance data. Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis was also used as proxies in relatedness to effective inventory management. The empirical results provided evidence that the main variable, inventory management have no effect on firm’s performance and is insignificantly related to firm performance of manufacturing firms in Ghana.
Keywords Ghana Stock Exchange, Firm performance, Manufacturing firms, Inventory management, Profitability, Operating cash flow