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Jan 8, 2013

Overview of World Economic Forum’s Recent Worldwide Risk Assessment

Explore key findings from the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Risks Report, including emerging risks, risk constellations, and how enterprises can leverage global risk data for ERM initiatives.

Jan 1, 2013

Systematic Approach to Coordinating Risk Management Roles and Duties

The IIA’s “three lines of defense” model defines risk management roles across operational management, compliance, and internal audit functions, ensuring effective controls and support for senior leadership’s strategic goals.

Dec 21, 2012

Making the Connection Between Strategy-setting and Risk

Organizations invest a great deal of effort in developing and executing their business strategies. Even so, winning business models are all-too-often subject to catastrophic failures in the blink of an eye. Didn't these companies see trouble coming? The answer: probably not, but only because executive managers did not think hard enough about risk during the strategy-setting process. This white paper from Protiviti Inc. explores the concept of strategic risk and provides an approach for incorporating risk assessment into the process of strategy-setting. By combining these processes, managers will be better equipped to make decisions for their organizations now and in the unknown future.

Dec 1, 2012

Managing Disruptions by Bifurcation

Discover strategies to transform businesses by adapting legacy models and innovating new growth initiatives. Learn how resource-sharing and disruption can fuel competitive advantages.

Dec 1, 2012

SunGard Survey: How Are Companies Managing Financial Risk?

SunGard’s 2012 survey reveals diverse financial risk management practices among organizations. While most have frameworks in place, only a small percentage feel effective in identifying risks. Market volatility is a key concern.

Dec 1, 2012

Managing the Risk of Disruptive Innovation

Organizations often find themselves surprised by a competitor's announcement of a new innovation. Such announcements can be hugely disruptive, and they hit the competitive environment in many forms, such as a new revolutionary business model, a completely new technology, or a new spin on an existing product or service. A December 2012 article in Harvard Business Review discusses the threat of disruptive innovation. A new product offering or a novel business model from a competitor is enough to upend any existing business and change the face of a particular market indefinitely. However, organizations can manage the risk of disruptive innovations by being proactive in regards to evaluating their own business models and those of competitors. In this HBR article, Wessel and Christensen present their approach for assessing and strategically managing the risk of disruption.

Nov 13, 2012

S&P’s Management and Governance Rating Criteria – 2012

S&P unveils criteria for assessing management and governance in credit ratings for corporates and insurers. Learn how strategic competence, risk management, and governance shape credit profiles. Join the webcast to explore these new guidelines.

Nov 2, 2012

Overview of Key Take-Aways from Fall 2012 ERM Roundtable Summit

The Fall 2012 ERM Roundtable Summit explored strategic insights on enhancing ERM, integrating risk oversight with strategy, using KRIs/KCIs, and strengthening board-management collaboration on emerging risks.
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Oct 2, 2012

Getting Started with ERM

Discover how HCA's David Hughes embraced ERM for smarter risk management. Includes key steps to get started with ERM.

Oct 2, 2012

The Future of ERM

Steve Dreyer, Managing Director at Standard & Poor's, believes that while the term Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) may fade, its core concepts will endure and evolve with best practices, despite potential criticism of S&P's focus on this "soft" aspect of company evaluations.