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                  dimensions representing the data from year 2006 to 2016. For each dimension,
                  there are 27 observations from the 27 companies.

                  4.   Discussion
                      The debt ratio construct provides a quick measure of the amount of debt
                  that the company has on its balance sheets compared to its assets. It shows
                  how much the company relies on debt to finance assets. Usually, the higher
                  the ratio, the greater the risk associated with the firm's operation. A low debt
                  ratio indicates conservative financing with an opportunity to borrow in the
                  future at no significant risk. For the sake of brevity we present results related
                  to the debt ratio construct; similar analyses have been conducted for the other
                  constructs.

                                       Figure 3: Debt ratio SOM clusters










































                      From Figure 3, we see that cluster 1 and cluster 16, at the two opposite
                  corners of the map, possess the largest number of observations; and 6 out of
                  14 clusters in between are empty. This indicates that the debt ratio  in the
                  consumer  discretionary  sector  presents  a  polarized  situation.  Both

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