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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 18.3, Problem 18.3ACQ

What keeps the real world from being an ideal one in which net working capital could always be zero?

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