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Photo The impetus for Random Hacks of Kindness came last spring at the first-ever Crisis Camp in Washington, DC, which focused on the challenges that NGOs, governments, and first responders face during disasters. [27 Nov 2009]
Opportunities in Adversity: Responding to the Crisis
White Paper Headlines hype to attract attention and journalists simplify, but the collective media assessment of 2008 is clearly "economic crisis" and the forecast for 2009 is clearly "economic challenge". The economic news at the... [13 Nov 2009]
Aligning Risk Management, Finance, and Operations: Senior Executives on Governance, Uncertainty, and Performance Amid a Global Banking Crisis
White Paper Savings and Loan Crisis in the late l9Sos and early 19905 and the Asian Financial Crisis in igj followed in short order by the Russian Financial Crisis in 1998, are only a few of the... [13 Nov 2009]
Managing Fraud Risk in a Time of Economic Crisis
White Paper As often happens in times of economic distress, the risk of fraud - both internal and external is greater than it has been in a number of years. Many insurers already have controls and systems in place to identify, monitor, and manage... [13 Nov 2009]
Saving Money in Your Security Spending During a Financial Crisis
White Paper Belts are getting tighter around all budgets and IT budgets are no exception. Now is the time for administrators and executives to look at ways of getting the most out of their IT budget. But how can one do it? [13 Nov 2009]
Internal Audit Perspectives: Increased Level of Supply Chain Risk Joins Growing Chain of Challenges
White Paper The current global financial crisis has many businesses grappling at the enterprise level with critical issues including financial stability, risk management, and sustainability. In these times, not much escapes scrutiny... [13 Nov 2009]
Hedge Funds to Reconsider Administrators for Valuations and Risk Analytics
White Paper The lingering credit crisis has surfaced issues for hedge funds that will have reverberations far into the future. The immediate impacts are already telling, for example in valuation. Hedge fund managers are being pushed... [13 Nov 2009]
Taming the Market Turmoil: Key Risks and Responses for Asset Managers
White Paper Dealing with the market crisis and its immediate challenges is the top risk for asset managers in 2009. This involves preserving capital and reevaluating risk management capabilities and controls - while maintaining the... [13 Nov 2009]
Planning for the Unknown: Mitigating Unknown and Unknowable Risks Through Effective Enterprise Risk Management
White Paper Emerging risks, such as climate change, food insecurity, energy supply disruption, and global liquidity crisis are but a few risks once thought unlikely that have now risen to the forefront. The impact of emerging risks... [13 Nov 2009]
Confronting Risk in Business Relationships and Emerging Markets: Enhanced Due Diligence and Corporate Intelligence
White Paper The reputational and business risks associated with conducting business in emerging and expanding markets, with new business partners, agents, joint ventures, vendors, suppliers and distributors are increasingly significant for business... [13 Nov 2009]
Viewpoint: Globalization in the Asset Management Industry
White Paper It also considers how the direction of globalization may change in response to the current financial crisis. This paper considers the progress of globalization in the asset management industry to date, and the potential... [13 Nov 2009]
Server Virtualization: A Step Toward Cost Efficiency and Business Agility
White Paper But if, in the midst of a crisis, executives fail to identify areas to improve business performance, lower their organization's cost structure and increase efficiencies, these leaders are likely to miss the chance to... [12 Nov 2009]
Sustainable Compliance: How to Reconnect Compliance, Security and Business Goals
White Paper The difficulty in scaling existing compliance and security management programs to meet new requirements is creating a resource crisis within many organizations. As a result, large enterprises are seeking ways to actively... [12 Nov 2009]
SAP - Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
White Paper The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. However, to date, many of the gains have been illusory due to high server costs, lack of effective... [10 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Recent crisis situations prompted by oil markets, technology development, human greed and ignorance have spanned the 1970s through to today, and all have resulted in similar consequences and total confusion. [29 Oct 2009]
