Risk management has become a central issue in sanitary crises. Agro food firms have devised organizational responses to sanitary risks, usually implying better traceability. European Regulation 178/2002 established mandatory traceability. This paper provides a critical appraisal of the European...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of diversification, hedging, and a third risk-reduction process – “pacification” – in risk finance. Design/methodology/approach – After briefly reviewing the concepts of diversification and hedging, a simple mathematical...

Purpose – The paper aims to explore a risk-finance context in which less information may be preferable to more information. Design/methodology/approach – Insurance companies collect a variety of information on potential policyholders to support two fundamental components of risk...

Purpose – The paper aims to explore a risk-finance context in which less information may be preferable to more information. Design/methodology/approach – Insurance companies collect a variety of information on potential policyholders to support two fundamental components of risk...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of diversification, hedging, and a third risk-reduction process – “pacification” – in risk finance. Design/methodology/approach – After briefly reviewing the concepts of diversification and hedging, a simple mathematical...