Managing Business Risk: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Business » (Seventh Edition)

Jonathan Reuvid was formerly an economist, an investment banker and an international corporate development consultant. He has edited and co-authored many titles for Kogan Page, including "The Corporate Guide to Expatriate Employment" and "Managing Business Risk".

Effective risk management is a vital issue to consider when looking to safeguard a company’s commercial future and deal with the latest regulatory requirements. Managing Business Risk will enable executives to control risks without sacrificing their ability to deliver transparent reporting to their stakeholders.  Drawing on expert advice from leading British risk consultants, lawyers and regulatory authorities, the book examines the five key areas of risk that managers need to consider in today's complex and competitive business market.

Part 1: Elements of Risk Management          

1.1 An appetite for risk          

1.2 Enterprise risk management: finding the optimal blend of enterprise-wide solutions     

1.3 Risk management in a business change environment      

1.4 Rethinking the risk management rule book         

1.5 Enterprise risk management solutions      

1.6 Leading effective business risk management

1.7 Different views, the same risks: representing uncertainty, assumptions and perspective

Part 2: Corporate Risk Concerns       

2.1 Reputation: the all-defining asset

2.2 Reputational risk – king risk        

2.3 Risk management: motherhood and apple pie – or real business benefit?           

2.4 Credit risk management   

2.5 Credit risk assessment for loan decisions: a new approach         

2.6 Making risk management deliver business value 

2.7 Risk and performance management: time for the tail to wag the dog?   

2.8 New horizons for risk and reputation management         

Part 3: Areas of Legal Risk    

3.1 Litigation risk       

3.2 Fight for the right?           

3.3 Risk management – alternative dispute resolution          

3.4 Corporate manslaughter: the new landscape       

3.5 Managing litigation risk: lost in translation          

3.6 Intellectual property or poverty? An IP risk guide for business  

3.7 IP risk estimation and management: the example of patents and patent portfolios

Part 4: Information and Security Risk           

4.1 Managing information risk and other areas of operational risk: routes to success

4.2 Integrating security risk management into mainstream business 

4.3 Avoiding the global compliance trap       

4.4 Use of e-commerce in the receivables industry: added value or window dressing?

4.5 Whose risk is it anyway? 

Part 5: Managing Operational Risk    

5.1 An introduction to modelling operational risk     

5.2 Investing in an operational risk framework         

5.3 Risk identification and team coherence   

5.4 Risk-based performance: managing with one eye on performance and one eye on risk 

5.5 Managing your supply chain risk 

5.6 The role of strategic purchasing and supply management in risk management   

5.7 Critical engineering and risk management: avoiding complacency         

Part 6: Risk in Managing Sustainables           

6.1 Environmental risk           

6.2 Industrial pollution control – it shouldn’t cost you the earth (but it could)        

6.3 Planning for and managing climate change         

6.4 Dealing with the regulator           

Jonathan Reuvid is an economist and business writer.  He was formerly engaged in investment banking, general management, and business development in China.  He is the consultant editor for a number of Kogan Page titles, including Business Insights: China, Personal Wealth Management and The Corporate Guide to Expatriate Employment.