Construction Accounting And Financial Management (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780135232873
Author: Steven J. Peterson MBA PE
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 1DQ
To determine
Analyze the reason for a financial failure of a profitable company.
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The company can run out of cash in due course of operations. This may in turn result in difficulty in purchasing the goods on credit, hiring subcontractors or paying the employees. This may affect the retaining of the labors and the binding with them. Thus, a company could be profitable, but without adequate funds and liquidity, it may end up in a financial failure.
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