Internal and Market Liquidity of Enterprises in Poland

Abstract

The paper examines the liquidity problems of enterprises, taking into account their both internal and market liquidity. Businesses’ opinions about their liquidity situation was also taken into consideration. It was found that business activity is accompanied by uncertainty about future business running conditions, cash inflows and cost of obtaining financing. This uncertainty is one of the factors shaping the internal value of liquidity, affecting the level of optimal liquidity. It was found that companies do not obtain optimum liquidity. Their internal value surpasses the market value of liquidity. This means they have to look for sources of financing and to identify ways of acquiring cash from the process of liquidating receivables and inventories and shaping the level of current liabilities.