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INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN CASH GAP AND PROFITABILITY IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN CROATIA

Boris Tušek orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-4761 ; Faculty of Economics & Business Univeristy of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Perčević orcid.org/0000-0001-9410-0755 ; Faculty of Economics & Business Univeristy of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirjana Hladika orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-9138 ; Faculty of Economics & Business Univeristy of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This paper explores the interdependence between cash gap and profi tability of the hotel industry in Croatia. Cash gap represents the difference between the numbers of days to sale inventory and collection of receivables on the one hand and the number of days to settle payables on the other; therefore, in this paper, the cash gap is used as a measure of liquidity. The profi tability of the hotel industry in Croatia is measured in this paper by accounting profi t before tax, return on total assets and return on equity. The results show that in the hotel industry in Croatia for the period 2009–2012 (a) there was no statistically signifi cant linear relationship between the cash gap and accounting profi t before tax, (b) there was no statistically signifi cant correlation between the cash gap and return on total assets, and (c) there was no statistically signifi cant correlation between the cash gap and return on equity.

Keywords

cash cap; profi tability; liquidity; hotel industry; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

135191

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/135191

Publication date:

1.6.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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