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Some Ideas To Help Accelerate Your SWOT Analysis

Six Disciplines

Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Competition (industry leaders, number of competitors, fragmentation/consolidation). Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth).

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A Refresher on Debt-to-Equity Ratio

Harvard Business Review

In fact, analysts and investors want companies to use debt smartly to fund their businesses. That’s where the debt-to-equity ratio comes in. What is the debt-to-equity ratio? “It’s a simple measure of how much debt you use to run your business,” explains Knight.

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Ideas To Help Accelerate Your SWOT Analysis

Six Disciplines

Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Competition (industry leaders, number of competitors, fragmentation/consolidation). Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth).

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The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

Losses in AP will overwhelm many institutions' equity cushion. The average debt-to-equity ratio of the 10 largest MFIs in India is 7.06 , indicating an average 12% equity cushion. In a recent paper, Jonathan Morduch and Jonathan Conning explain the role of debt and equity financing in the microfinance industry.

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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business Review

.” Despite no clear evidence that several men’s ventures had performed or would perform well, the VCs trusted that these ventures would succeed: “His venture is not up and running yet, but he is on his way” and “He is approved for funding because he has worked in the industry for two years, so he has some experience.”

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A Refresher on Current Ratio

Harvard Business Review

This is called “ factoring ” Whether you can quickly liquidate inventory can also be industry-dependent. As with the debt-to-equity ratio , you want your current ratio to be in a reasonable range, but it “should always be safely above 1.0,” says Knight.

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A Refresher on Price Elasticity

Harvard Business Review

“You have to look at it in context of the industry and its competitive structure and in the context of consumers’ lives.” Read refreshers on net present value , breakeven quantity , debt-to-equity ratio , and cost of capital. “You can’t look at it in isolation,” says Avery.

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