by the poor, the need for effective means of understanding and managing urban risk is immense. This paper explores the … existence and variability of fire risk in the informal settlement of “Imizamo Yethu”, an informal settlement situated in Cape … Town, South Africa. The case study mainly analyses the factors influencing the conditions of risk. It highlights the need …

efficient performance mechanisms in relation to the management of disaster risk. Focusing on the immediate response, most of … local institutions thus becomes obvious, as well as the lack of technological instruments for risk reduction. On the other … hand, from the point of view of the relationship between science and technology with regard to the problem of risk, more …

Any time a company significantly changes the way it does things, there is "process risk," i.e., the risk that the … manage process risk explains why most major change initiatives ultimately fail. Process risk can take several forms. Four …

. A secondary aim is to investigate how a distinctive conceptualization of perceived risk, consisting of two types … (outcome risk and psychosocial risk), affects service purchase decision involvement. A conceptual model incorporating these … service purchase decision involvement and tie strength. Also, results highlight the complexity of the perceived risk construct …

and its relation with the risk profile of a firm. The literature on the cost of debt determinants generally documents a … negative association between measures of the risk of the firm and its cost of debt. The literature on CSR defines risk … relation between CSP and cost of debt, demonstrating that CSR is not a value driver with an impact on the firm’s risk profile …

sometimes actually take lives. States risk is the precursor of crisis or, put another way, behind crisis lies a wrongly … identified risk assessment. Looks at how the world has changed with regard to risk containment. Concludes that, even with a much …

. Contrasts the mechanistic process of ‘managing’ with all its overtones of risk reduction and keeping the show on the road. Lists …