practicality of using freight containers for storage. The model is tested using earthquake risk data, estimates of population under … risk, and the distances between cities. An experimental study is performed using Turkish Prime Ministry Disaster and … – Considering the earthquake risk of possible locations, the results of the study indicate the target locations for containers. The …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to link humanitarian logistics (HL) and supply chain risk management (SCRM) to … provide an understanding of risk mitigation strategies that humanitarian organisations use, or could use, to improve their …

Purpose – Moral hazard is a concept that is central to risk and insurance management. It refers to change in economic … ambiguities surrounding definitions of “health.” Actuarial risk models can nonetheless benefit from incorporating welfare and …

Purpose The paper aims to focus on a strategic approach for making trade-offs between knowledge and risk. Design …/methodology/approach Knowledge and risk are viewed as organizational resources that have an inherent trade-off between them, so that optimal firm … performance does not necessarily arise through greater accumulation of knowledge nor from reduced risk. This trade-off is …

Explores the need for risk management in a health care setting in both financial and personal terms. Sets out the … stages of a risk management programme. Stresses the need to incorporate such a programme in every hospital setting in order …

assessment of risk factors. As a result, the industry continues to suffer poor performance with many projects failing to meet … time and cost targets. This paper identifies the risk factors inherent in different building procurement methods and … relative importance placed on risk factors. Responses from the survey were analysed using relative importance index for the …

to; the industry’s key performance indicators (KPIs), the client’s attitude to risk and provides a transparent audit …

“Economic capital (EC) is in – Value at Risk (VaR) is out!” This statement by James Lam, well known to be the first … Chief Risk Officer (CRO) worldwide, at the April 2004 Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Symposium in Chicago, caused quite a …