January 1, 2012 Special Report: Risk Lessons from the 2011 Japan Earthquake Disaster In the Global Risks 2012 report, the World Economic Forum features a special report on the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. The special report highlights some lessons learned from the...
January 1, 2012 The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2012 Report The World Economic Forum’s seventh edition of the Global Risks 2012 report details the survey results of 469 global experts from different sectors. The experts ranked the likelihood and impact of 50...
November 1, 2011 Proactively Managing External Relationship Risk The focus on managing third-party risk is becoming prevalent in the current business environment as more organizations turn to external providers to gain access to needed services, reduce costs, or...
November 1, 2011 2011 RIMS ERM Survey The 2011 Enterprise Risk Management Survey published by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) shows that ERM is growing as a mainstream business practice with more companies adopting ERM programs....
November 1, 2011 Risk Management in US Government Agencies (non-DoD) The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington based non-partisan organization focused on research and analysis related to policy initiatives, examined the risk management processes of United States government...
July 1, 2011 Managing Human Capital Risk Though companies recognize the high impact of Human Capital Risk (HCR), many still have immature HCR management processes, if any. The Conference Board researched companies based in North America, Europe,...
June 30, 2011 The Future of Risk Management: A Proactive Approach For many organizations risk management is rapidly developing into a more forward looking, enterprise-wide approach, according to Accenture’s 2011 Global Risk Management study of almost 400 executives from 10 major industries. To...
April 29, 2011 Risk Management: A Driver of Enterprise Value in the Emerging Environment The emerging practice of enterprise risk management has created both challenges and opportunities to further enhance enterprise value. KPMG conducted a survey of CEOs, board members, and risk practitioners across...
March 1, 2011 Implementing Effective Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance The costs and processes of implementing an effective enterprise risk management approach can seem intimidating to an organization. This research paper by the Economist Intelligence Unit highlights four stages of...
October 1, 2010 Evaluating Impact of Compensation Plans The current economic climate is an opportune time for employers to determine if compensation practices are properly aligned with market practices and the organization’s business strategy. A six-step process...
September 30, 2010 Risk Management: Strengthening A Valuable Asset Grant Thornton, LLP in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit, recently released a joint report summarizing their analysis of a review of issues surrounding the success of risk management practices...
September 1, 2010 Global ERM Ahead of the Curve While there is tremendous focus on the need for organizations to consider enterprise risk management, recent surveys suggest the United States is in catch-up mode relative to global organizations who...
September 1, 2010 Risk Management Practices that are Working for Public and Private Sectors The Department of Homeland Security Office of Risk Management and Analysis conducted a survey to see what actions are being taken by both public and private sector organizations with respect...
June 1, 2010 Nine Hallmarks of Successful ERM As organizations seek to strengthen their risk oversight, they are interested in learning from others about effective practices that ensure risk oversight provides strategic value. A recent Aon Global Risk...
June 1, 2010 ERM Insights and Operationalization One of the biggest pressures facing boards today is figuring out how to balance ERM to both manage risks and still add value to the company. A recent research report...
June 1, 2010 Global Risk Technology Survey Aon Analytics collected data in 2009 on the perspectives of risk professionals from leading organizations around the world to provide its first edition of the Global Risk Technology Survey. This report...
March 12, 2010 ERM Roundtable Summit - Panel Discussions on ERM: Lessons Learned & ERM: Directions for the Future On March 12, 2010 the NC State University ERM Initiative hosted a half-day ERM Roundtable Summit in Charlotte, NC that involved a series of two 90-minute panel discussions. Our first panel focused...
September 1, 2009 Current State of Enterprise Risk Management The recent economic crisis has forced many companies to evaluate their risk management process. The authors of this article conducted a survey to gain a better understanding of risk oversight....
August 1, 2009 Global Emerging Risks Financial Times Research and Oliver Wyman recently conducted a survey of 350 executives around the world with the goal of better understanding how organizations view and respond to emerging risks. In...
July 31, 2009 The Future of Risk The current economic downturn has caused companies everywhere to question their risk management process and investigate ways to upgrade their risk management efforts. As risk complexity has increased, so too...