Even controlling for sales, receivables increase with payables in cross-section with an elasticity of 40%.

甚至控制了销售，增加应收账款与在断面的弹性为40%。

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Most small businesses have a timing mismatch between receivables and payables--and you can't pay for things today with cash you expect to receive tomorrow.

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Also include an aging schedule of receivables and payables.

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Quite reasonably, financial wizards like to subtract all kinds of things from enterprise value, like receivables that are offset by payables.

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