Nowadays, when we speak about the economic performance of a firm, region or country, at the regional or world level, we always mention their state in economy of knowledge as well their competitive advantage and how their risk for doing business is being improved.This article tries to establish...

The first objective of this research is to study and evaluate, for a supply chain, the relationships between its major risk factors and its performance. Quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire administered to more than 250 supply chain managers operating in Moroccan companies....

Within the discipline of enterprise risk management (ERM), strategic risk management (SRM) has become a subject of increasing interest to practitioners and academics. To our knowledge, the term “strategic risk management” first appeared in the management literature in 1985 and 1986 (Jammine,...

This article discusses reputational risk from the perspective of what companies actually experience reputationally. As well, the concept of what is reputational risk is canvassed – is it risk to stock price, risk of lower profits, or merely risk of bad publicity that affects neither. When does...

In June 2019 the Risk Coalition published a consultation document of their principles and guidance for board risk committees and risk functions in the UK financial services sector. This draft document entitled "Effective Risk Oversight in a Changing World" was open for public comment until 20th...

This study examines the association between the internal organization of the enterprise risk management (ERM) process (as reflected in the assignment of risk accountabilities or “risk ownership”) and the specific risk management practices adopted enterprise-wide. Using a global survey...

In this study, we analyze the relation between risk governance and risk and performance measures for a global sample of 107 insurance companies from 2004 to 2012. Our risk governance index covers several Solvency II provisions and includes the existence of chief risk officer on the executive...

This study analyzes a sample of initial public offerings (IPOs) to examine the sources of firm-specific risk associated with investment by venture capitalists. The results indicate that IPO backing by venture capitalists is associated with risk factors related to operating profit margins and...

The Coronavirus pandemic, as a global and total risk of our time, has imposed the need for a more complete and comprehensive review of existing approaches to crisis prevention and preventive management in general. This crisis also pointed to some shortcomings in quality management, risk...

This paper was prepared for the purpose of presenting the methodology and uses of the Monte Carlo simulation technique as applied in the evaluation of investment projects to analyse and assess risk. The first part of the paper highlights the importance of risk analysis in investment appraisal....