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.

Microfinance 12

Microfinance Debt to Equity Ratio MFI Crisis 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Debt-to-equity ratio (leverage): the degree to which an entrepreneur exposes his or her business to risks.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did. Brown noted a simple fact: Return on equity can be broken down into a three-part equation. Thus Brown not only sowed the seeds of the today's hated silos, he also set three "runaways" in motion.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12