Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 10QP
Summary Introduction
To calculate: The average time the company took to pay off its suppliers.
Introduction:
The average payable period is the days’ payable outstanding by the company. The average payables period mainly states the time taken by the firm to pay their invoices from the creditors like the suppliers.
Summary Introduction
To think critically about: The large value that this ratio implies.
Introduction:
The average payable period is the days’ payable outstanding by the company. The average payables period mainly states the time taken by the firm to pay their invoices from the creditors like the suppliers.
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