The risk organisation: Or how organisations reconcile themselves to failure

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 651-675

  Huber, Michael ^a   Rothstein, Henry ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEFRA; enterprise risk management; failure; organisation; university

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE FORCE; DEFRA; ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT; ORGANISATION; ORGANISATIONAL OUTCOMES; RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS; UNIVERSITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878923992     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.761276     Document Type: Article

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