Abstract
The current study’s aim is to investigate the role of corporate governance in working capital management and financial risk (FR) of manufacturing firms. The secondary data of 60 companies are collected from annual reports for the period of seven years (2011-2017). WCM and FR are used as explained variables while CGI is used as explanatory variable. Firm size, firm age, firm leverage and firm growth are used as control variables. The study finds a negative impact of CGI on WCM while there is an insignificant impact of CGI on FR. The mangers of companies are advised to increase the CGI for better management of working capital.

ayesha afzal, sadia liaqat. (2019) Corporate Governance, Working Capital Management and Firm Risk: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 4.
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