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

Harvard Business Review

We analyzed companies’ debt-to-equity ratio, equity ratio, risk buffer, property mortgage or the mortgage of the venture’s real estate ratio, the use of bank overdraft facilities/approved checking account ratio, and long-term liabilities or loans ratio. Risk-taking.

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A Refresher on Price Elasticity

Harvard Business Review

“A marketer’s goal is to move his or her products from relatively elastic to relatively inelastic,” she continues. Read refreshers on net present value , breakeven quantity , debt-to-equity ratio , and cost of capital. ” It tells you how effective you are at marketing your products to consumers.

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What You Don’t Know About Sales Can Hurt Your Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The goal of strategy is profitable growth, meaning economic value above the firm’s cost of capital. Isn’t that a function of risk parameters and the debt-to-equity ratio? Or, worse, C-suite initiatives become an unwitting impediment to the use of assets that in fact remain essential to profitable selling.