Recent intensive dialogue and debate regarding healthcare reform has led provider administrators to renew their search for “best practices” around the country. Many organizations, particularly hospitals, because of their complexity, are seeking new paradigms that will improve their efficiency and effectiveness regardless of the outcome of the current reform debate. This paper suggest that…
This paper is the final report of the RAND Internal Research and Development (IR&D) project “Risk Management and Risk Analysis for Complex Projects: Developing a Research Agenda.” The aim of the project was to survey how quantitative risk management and risk analysis methods were applied to the planning and execution of complex projects, particularly those which planned to utilize new …
The use of FOSS by financial institutions does not pose risks that are fundamentally different from those presented by the use of proprietary or self-developed software. However, FOSS adoption and usage necessitates some distinctive risk management practices with which institutions must be familiar. This guidance describes those unique risk management practices and should be used in conjunction…
In an international well diversified reinsurance company, the ability to model properly the different types of risks is central for the strategic management and the key business decision processes. SCOR has put this modelling skill at the heart of its organisation and is actively developing a coherent and complete Enterprise Risk Management framework based on its internal modelling capabilitie…
Risk management has evolved from risk transfer or risk avoidance to one of pro-actively managing risk to create higher value. This approach sees risks as opportunities rather than threats. Good risk management is about enabling organisations take more and better informed risks. The emphasis today is shifting from management of financial and operational risks to management of strategic and reput…
For many executives, enterprise risk management (ERM) conjures up images of security breaches, corporate espionage, acts of terrorism, black swans—negative and even catastrophic events that can severely weaken or even destroy a company. But risk is not all doom and gloom. For a growing number of forward-thinking companies, ERM is not only about protecting the firm from harm, but creating mea…
Executive Summary Today financial services companies operate in increasingly complex, competitive and global markets. The ability to manage risks across geographies, products, asset classes, customer segments and functional departments is of paramount importance. The inability to manage these risks can cause irreparable damage. Convergence, consolidation, globalization and shifting regulati…
This document was prepared by the Process Safety Management Division of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE). It is based on earlier editions developed through the Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada (MIACC), a voluntary alliance of interested parties dedicated to reducing the frequency and severity of major industrial accidents. From 1987 until its dissolution in 1…
Courts have long recognized that people with mental illnesses have the right to be free from the improper use of seclusion and restraint. In the landmark 1982 case Youngberg v. Romeo, the Supreme Court recognized that the use of restraint is a drastic deprivation of personal liberty, holding that “[t]he right to be free from undue bodily restraint is the core of the liberty interest protected…
Enterprise Risk Management is believed to have an impact of firm value. However empirical evidence on its impact is still considered scarce. The objective of this study is to estimate the relation between ERM and firm value in the Malaysian public listed companies. Tobin’s Q is used to measure the firm value. The approach employed is to model firm value (TOBIN’S Q) as a function of Enterpri…
The topic of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has been growing in prominence of late despite having a 20 or so year history, it continues to draw sharp divisions of opinion as to its importance and its effectiveness in enabling financial (and other) institutions to sustain themselves over the years. With the GFC lingering in the background and the looming threat of a meltdown in Europe, Risk a…
Motivated by the finding that existing literature and research on risk management misses the focus on small and medium sized enterprises (SME), the aim of this thesis was to propose a mean for SME to manage their internal financial risks. Similar to large companies, SME do also face business risks, which in worst case can cause financial distress and lead to bankruptcy. However, although SME a…