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The 2022 shock to the demand for flowers

Leverage, risk and capital

Lessons from Lehman Brothers to start-ups

In business, there are two sources of finance: internal sources, which consist of money within the business, such as retained earnings; and external sources, which comprise money coming from outside the business, such as debt financing and equity financing. In this article, Kulnicha Meechaiyo explores the ways in which businesses raise capital from external sources

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sources of finance, financial ratios, risk and leverage, market failure and financial crisis

If you have a good plan for starting your own business, what is the first thing you need to think about? Money? It is easy to assume that borrowing money is the simplest way to access funds. Do banks think the same thing? Most banks use a system called ‘credit score rating’ to measure the creditworthiness of an individual. If you have a high credit score, it is easier to get a loan from the bank.

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The 2022 shock to the demand for flowers

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