What is Debtors Turnover Ratio (DTR)

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is the fifth largest pharmaceutical industry in the world in terms of volume and the fourteenth largest in value terms. There have been sevaral notable changes in the scenario of Indian pharmaceutical industry after the signing of GATT (now WTO). The mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers at both national and international levels have become a common phenomenon in this industry. In today's challenging and competitive environment, efficient management of working capital is an integral component of the overall strategy to create shareholders' wealth. So, the task of designing appropriate strategies for managing working capital in accomplishing the objective of maximizing shareholders' wealth of companies in the Indian pharmaceutical industry is of prime importance. In this backdrop, the chapter seeks to analyze the working capital management of ten selected companies in the Indian pharmaceutical industry during the period 1996-97 to 2010-11. While satisfying the objective of the study, relevant statistical tools and techniques have been applied at appropriate places.