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Risk management: core competence?

Blindly minimizing risk is a losing proposition in the long term, and uncertainty or risk are at the root of opportunity towards new profitable enterprises. Risk minimizing does not equal profit maximizing.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Risk and Supply Chain Management - A Research Agenda
After a long break from reviewing actual supply chain risk literature, today I would like to return [...]
MBA - Major Bad Ass?
Are business schools bad for business? I recently came across a very interesting article by the late[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Low Cost Country Sourcing
Low-cost countries. A dream for some and a nightmare for other others. What are typical supply chain[...]
Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Application
I really enjoyed reading Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Application by Tefvik Nas.  I used this b[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Future Value Chain Trends 2020
The twelve future trends that will shape value chains and supply chain management during this decade[...]
How New Zealand develops resilient organisations
Is New Zealand better prepared for a disaster than other countries? As our infrastructure and organi[...]
from HERE and THERE
Thanks to Somali pirates no Santa is coming this year?
In a previous article, 2 weeks ago, I voiced my opinion on whether Somali Pirates can shut down Euro[...]
D-Day for Norway's Transport Infrastructure
Today, on this ominous date, Friday the 13th, Norway's government is presenting it's development pla[...]