All Training & Education articles – Page 8
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E-tailing 'no threat to high street'
Home shopping via the internet does not pose an immediate threat to the survival of traditional high street stores or out-of-town retail units, according to risk managers.
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Analysis
Serious fraud escalates
Big business is losing out to fraudsters, with over EURO3.6bn lost in the last two years
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Features
Time to Deliver
Sue Copeman previews this year's Institute of Risk Management annual conference.
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Analysis
Responsibility conference
The future Belgian presidency of the European Union, jointly with the Commission, is organising a conference on the place of corporate social responsibility on the social policy agenda.
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Jointly tackling change and convergence
Risk managers and corporate treasurers will be combining their expertise to tackle the challenges presented by change and convergence in today's business environment.
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Features
Complex Challenges
Adrian Leonard asks Professor Ortwin Renn, a consultant at the Centre of Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemburg about his approach to the challenges of systemic risk management.
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Analysis
Emotions blocking effective risk management
organisations are losing out and failing to realise value because ego, greed and fear are stopping them from employing effective risk management
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New chairman combines art with science
Philip Thomas, director of risk management with Six Continents plc (formerly Bass plc) has become the new chairman of AIRMIC (2001/2002).
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Features
New age risk transfer
A massive new study has found that corporations want to transfer risks to earnings, as well as risks to assets. Adrian Leonard summarises the results
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Features
Innocents Abroad?
Businesses should make sure that their employees are streetwise. Keith Miller has some tips for travellers.
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Features
Scoring own goals
Imagine that you are at a very important high level meeting to decide the future strategy of your company.
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Analysis
The value of environmental performance
Does superior environmental performance indicate increased shareholder value? An emerging body of evidence suggests it may, according to a report from the Assabet Group.
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Features
Deadly cost of driving
Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.
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Analysis
Insurable certification on-line
Globalisation and the growth of e-commerce raise problems of lack of transparency and security.
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Features
In the witness box
Litigation is booming. Companies are sued, and directors and employees frequently have to attend court hearings.
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Features
Getting the right balance
The first in a series of Q&A discussiosn with influential members of the risk management community.
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Learn from shakespeare
Risk managers will be urged to brush up on their Shakespeare to discover the true nature of risk.
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No happy ending for UK profits
A difficult future for UK profits was predicted by Sir Clive Thompson, chief executive of Rentokil Initial and a former president of the CBI.
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Halon replacement on course
Most British companies are on course with phasing halon in fire extinguishers, according to an AIRMIC survey.
