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The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

But as information trickles out about how bad the repayment situation in AP is, a plausible global contagion scenario is emerging. That's not to say it's likely, but it is certainly possible and a threat that social investors of all stripes should be thinking about how to defuse. That could likely have consequences.

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A Refresher on Price Elasticity

Harvard Business Review

. “Marketers need to understand how elastic , sensitive to fluctuations in price, or inelastic , largely ambivalent about price changes, their products are when contemplating how to set or change a price,” says Avery. Read refreshers on net present value , breakeven quantity , debt-to-equity ratio , and cost of capital.

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