This paper investigates the impact of supply chain finance (SCF) and financial development on profitability of real estate firms in Vietnam over the 2013 - 2017 period. This is the first empirical research examining the impact of financial development on firm profitability. | Supply chain finance financial development and profitability of real estate firms in Vietnam Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 37 42 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Supply chain finance financial development and profitability of real estate firms in Vietnam Toan Ngoc Buia a Faculty of Finance and Banking Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City IUH Vietnam CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history This paper investigates the impact of supply chain finance SCF and financial development Received July 28 2019 on profitability of real estate firms in Vietnam over the 2013 - 2017 period. This is the first Received in revised format empirical research examining the impact of financial development on firm profitability. By August 29 2019 employing GMM generalized method of moment this paper reveals the important role of Accepted September 6 2019 Available online supply chain finance SCF and financial development in profitability of real estate firms. September 6 2019 Specifically firm profitability P is influenced negatively by cash conversion cycle CCC Keywords and positively by financial development FD . In addition profitability is negatively correlated Supply chain finance with control variable of financial leverage LEV and positively associated with control Financial development variable of firm size SIZE . The findings reveal the role of supply chain finance and financial Profitability development in firm profitability which policymakers as well as managers at real estate firms Real estate can apply suitable methods in order to improve firms profits. Vietnam 2020 by the authors license Growing Science Canada. 1. Introduction After the global financial crisis Vietnam economy made an impressive recovery which has positive significant effects on real estate industry. That brings many opportunities for Vietnam s real estate companies to extend its market. However this extension also .
