ALAC was a small-scale importer of specialty industrial compounds. The case investigates the different financing choices to ease the business 's explosive growth in working capital. At the end of 2009, the firm was awarded the United States distributorship for the specialty chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) from a sizable Taiwanese producer and had almost tripled its sales in 2010. It expected to drastically increase its profits and to double its sales in 2011. ALAC critically needed to get financing for the explosive increase in its inventory and accounts receivable balances.
PUBLICATION DATE: February 15, 2011 PRODUCT #: 211065-PDF-ENG
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