HBR's 10 must reads on managing risk / Harvard Business Review.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvard Business Review, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk management.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Is your business playing it safe--or taking the right risks? Risk is a regular part of business, but knowing which risks to take and when to step back is often unclear. Whether you're assessing a new opportunity for innovation or thinking about your long-term strategy in an unsteady economy, you need to know the best way to proceed while ensuring that your company is financially secure and thriving. If you read nothing else on managing risk, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you determine which risks are worth taking and mitigate those your company--and your industry at large--are already facing. This book will inspire you to: Understand the three categories of risk and tailor your risk-management processes accordingly Gain experience through small strategic bets before launching larger initiatives Embrace uncertainty as a key element of breakthrough innovation Find opportunities in emerging markets--and avoid those you can't practically serve Get ahead of and minimize political risk Avoid common mistakes when confronting risk"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Managing risks : a new framework / by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes

How to build risk into your business model / by Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine

The six mistakes executives make in risk management / by Nassim N. Taleb, Daniel G. Goldstein, and Mark W. Spitznagel

From superstorms to factory fires : managing unpredictable supply-chain disruptions / by David Simchi-Levi, William Schmidt, and Yehua Wei

Is it real? Can we win? Is it worth doing? : managing risk and reward in an innovation portfolio / by George S. Day

Superforecasting : how to upgrade your company's judgment / Paul J. H. Schoemaker and Philip E. Tetlock

Managing 21st-century political risk / by Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart

How to scandal-proof your company / by Paul Healy and George Serafeim

Beating the odds when you launch a new venture / by Clark Gilbert and Matthew Eyring

The danger from within / by David M. Upton and Sadie Creese

Future-proof your climate strategy / by Joseph E. Aldy and Gianfranco Gianfrate.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63369-887-4