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Mastering Catastrophic Risk is a profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their businesses' operations, reputations, and even existence. This updated paperback edition includes a new preface to address threats to business that have emerged or intensified in the past two years including COVID-19.
Sommario
- Prologue: On a Sunny Day
- Part I. A More Risky Era
- Chapter 1 Risk on the Agenda
- Chapter 2 Impact of Severe Events
- Part II. Enterprise Decisions for Managing Disruptions
- Chapter 3 From Intuitive to Deliberative Thinking
- Chapter 4 The Risk Analysis Cycle
- Chapter 5 Risk Management Praxis
- Part III. What Disrupted Companies Do
- Chapter 6 Crisis at Lufthansa and Deutsche Bank
- Chapter 7 From Reactive to Proactive Boardroom
- Chapter 8 Corporate Giving for Disaster Relief
- Part IV. Reaching Vital Stakeholders
- Chapter 9 Disclosing Threats
- Chapter 10 A Two-Edged Sword
- Chapter 11 Safeguarding Value
- Chapter 12 Managing Disruptions and a Checklist for Action
- Epilogue: On a Rainy Day
- Appendices
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- References
Info autore
Howard Kunreuther is the James G. Dinan Professor Emreitus of Decision Sciences and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Useem is the William and Jaclyn Egan Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Riassunto
Mastering Catastrophic Risk is a profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their businesses' operations, reputations, and even existence. This updated paperback edition includes a new preface to address threats to business that have emerged or intensified in the past two years including COVID-19.
Testo aggiuntivo
This interesting book uses interviews and case studies from the business world to identify 21 categories of risk faced by publicly traded companies and to draw useful lessons about how to prepare for them." - Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs
