Corporate Governance

Risk, Governance and Society

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In today’s world of globalized trade, travel and communication, an ever larger number of risk-related events have a trans-boundary impact, crossing national and regional frontiers: large-scale electricity blackouts, chemical accidents and risks related to emerging technologies have all affected various parts of the world only recently. Even these risks seem limited, however, when compared to those that can and do go global – and which, as a result of the rapid movement of people, goods and information, do so almost real-time. A highly topical example is that of the potential avian influenza epidemic; other examples include energy supply and price fluctuations and the political and psychological impacts of the 9/11 terror attacks.
The omnipresence of risk has left its mark in public perception and public debate. Risk has become a popular topic in the media. The popular press puts out a constant stream of risk warnings and sensational reports. To give an impression on the variety and diversity of risk issues that have occupied our attention, here are some examples of large scale disasters that have dominated the headline news over the last year

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Risk, Governance and Society

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Publisher

New York : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg., 2010

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1-284

Language

English

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978-3-642-13925-3

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

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Governance

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