Banking Debt to Equity Ratio Management 
Harvard Business Review
JULY 13, 2015
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.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2011
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. But just rescheduling debt payments may not be enough. At the prevailing ratios, management failed to act prudentially.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 15, 2018
This notion is reflected by statements such as “We have seen similar examples of driven, competent men who take risks and manage to make it thrive,” and “He has proven to sustain his persistence all the way.” Debt-to-equity ratio (leverage): the degree to which an entrepreneur exposes his or her business to risks.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
If your business has $2,750 in current assets and owes $1,174 in current liabilities (again, you can pull these figures from your company’s balance sheet) then the current ratio is: (Note that the ratio isn’t usually expressed in a percentage). ” But the ratio can also be too high. Most require that it be 1.1
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2011
He reasoned that if marketers worked on maximizing return on sales, production managers were rewarded for the sales they squeezed out of their physical plant, and finance managers focused on minimizing the amount of equity capital they needed, ROE would take care of itself. Then banking regulations were imposed.
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