Category Archives: Enterprise Risk Management
Kaplan talks about the five critical skills that entrepreneurs need:
1) Leadership: ability to build consensus in the face of uncertainty
2) Communication: ability to keep a clear and consistent message
3) Decision-making: knowing when to make a decision
4) [...]
Filed under Enterprise Risk Management, Entrepreneurship, Video Case Studies
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The paradoxical view that regulation is both a blessing and a curse continues to be widely held among senior executives. While they recognize the need for protection in key areas, they are often frustrated by what they see as overly [...]
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When we feel attacked, we get defensive -- that's human nature. But if you want to be successful and happy as an entrepreneur, you need to start thinking about situations like this in a non-toxic way. Here are some alternative [...]
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Tagged as business management, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, Ebooks, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Free Business, Human Nature, Magazines, Non Toxic, Panic Button
Symantec, a major global software provider,
has more than 12,000 enterprise customers
around the world running its Enterprise
Vault product in Microsoft® Exchange Server
environments. For the Microsoft Exchange
Server 2010 launch, Symantec worked on new
and enhanced technology, including [...]
Filed under Business, Business Environment, Business Ethics, Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged as case study, enterprise customers, enterprise vault, global software, Launch, microsoft, microsoft exchange server, Platforms, Regard, server environments, software provider, symantec, Web Page
Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and
is a premier transportation and logistics company,
with coverage throughout North America, Asia,
Europe, South America, Africa and Australia.
Werner maintains its global
headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains offices
in the United [...]
Filed under Business, Business Environment, Business Ethics, Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management
Tagged as africa, america asia, asia europe, australia, canada mexico, case study, china, Diversified Portfolio, flatbed service, global headquarters, Logistics Company, north america, Omaha Nebraska, Regard, South America, Transportation Services, truckload carriers, Web Page, werner enterprises, werner enterprises inc
Engaging in international trade is hazardous in comparison to domestic trade. However, as the globalization of American industry continues, an increasing number of firms will undertake international trade, and consequently become subject to all of the risks that lie therein. [...]
Filed under Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Free Cases, Operations
Tagged as added insight, Case International, case study, china prc, commercial risk, globalization, International Business, international logistics, International trade, Managing Risk, noteworthy aspect, porter analysis, republic of china, trade barriers
This thesis is conducted for Husqvarna AB with the aim to map the Laotian market for them in terms of market potential for forestry power equipment. In order to provide decision material for further action I was asked to give [...]
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Verizon Communications acquired MCI/WorldCom and SBC Communications acquired AT&T Corporation, which had been in business since the 19th Century. The acquisition of MCI/WorldCom was the direct result of the behavior of WorldCom's senior managers as documented above. While it can [...]
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There were a lot of famous failures of engineering systems: Titanic, Tacoma narrows bridge collapse, Subsynchronous resonance in power systems, Telephone and power system outages, Estonia Ferry sinking, Denver airport baggage handling system, and Ariane 5.
Each of [...]
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Tagged as Ariane 5, case studies, case study, engineering, engineering systems, Failures, Famous, Titanic, uncertainty management