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FeaturesCase study: how one exporter used risk culture to reduce operational, branding, financial, and market-related risks
An India-based SME experienced growing pains as demand for its products swelled. IRM’s Hersh Shah talks us through the rescue plan: a formalised approach to risk and a risk culture built on accountability and communication.
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FeaturesClimate risk survey 2023 results: how to boost board engagement
Our 2023 climate change survey shows businesses taking compliance seriously but falling short on funding, let alone real action. Can risk managers light a fire under such tepid board engagement?
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FeaturesGaining the power to change your risk culture
Our trio of experts share the steps they’ve taken to create a positive risk culture and how you can use these to embed risk into organisation-wide decision-making.
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FeaturesPlugging the risk management talent gap
Baby boomers are retiring, and with them goes their vast experience. But instead of welcoming in a new wave of ambitious young recruits, we face a skills shortage. How will the industry encourage the next generation of talent to come in and make this evolving role their own?
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FeaturesRisk managers must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin
Effective risk management requires strategic collaboration with the board. But this remains easier for some than others. Risk must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin, to be taken seriously.
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FeaturesCase study: How Marriott Hotels tackled workplace injury spikes in Asia
When Marriott’s Sharon Xu discovered two Asian countries had notably higher employee work injury claims than the rest of the region, she set about investigating why and what could be done to change it.
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FeaturesStrategicRISK Q1 2020: World on Lockdown
In this edition of StrategicRISK, we look at how businesses are responding to the COVID-19 crisis as the situation rapidly escalates around the world.
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FeaturesIn with the old
Who wouldn’t wish for a long and healthy life? But it’s a double-edged sword, with an ageing population putting pressure on both the public purse and the private sector. Peter Davy looks at what businesses can do to prepare
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FeaturesFighting fakes
With Western companies increasingly buying and sourcing in Asia, Dr Alan Waring and Robert Youill examine the risks posed by counterfeit products
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Understanding Chinese contracts
The differences between Chinese and English commercial law can pose risks to exporters of advanced manufactured goods, says Nicholas Brown
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Chasing the China Dream
Paul Morrison discusses responsibility, reality and reputation in the world's favourite market
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Solving the Chinese puzzle
It is not easy to find quality commercial information information in China.
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Doing business in India
Many international companies are looking to develop and expand their activities in India because of its significant growth potential. Manivannan R Rajan discusses the business environment
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Companies under siege
Labour unrest and worker dissatisfaction in some parts of Asia threaten the viability of foreign-invested companies and even the physical safety of their staff.
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Managing culture risks
Alan Waring discusses some practical risk management responses to cultural problems.
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China: Realising Eastern promise
Expanding into China can be risky. Ian Gilchrist suggest some solutions.