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Necessidade do capital de giro e nível de vendas

The paper presents some aspects concerning the relationship between the sales level and the working capital needed to maintain the operations going on. Particularly, the text focuses the theme in a context where the soles leverage occurs as a result of a "pricing" program. Finally, the paper proposes a comprehensive framework to consider the working capital as a new dimension, when takes place a determination of the break-even point, i.e., the paper points up what is the "working capital break-even point". to help the managers analyze the effects of a "sales leverage" as a "price-based" strategy on the company financial procedures.

Working capital; competitive strategy; sales level; pricing


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