Features – Page 5
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FeaturesProtecting your rights worldwide
Jackie Maguire and Sue Ratcliffe provide a guide to global IP protection
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FeaturesCRO: hero or villain?
As many companies move to recruit a CRO, Mike Wilkinson reviews the key issues organisations must consider to ensure they make the right appointment
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FeaturesManaging supply in an outsourced world
Procurement and risk management need to team up over modern supply chains, say Alex Hindson and Finlay Murray
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FeaturesThe Hayward fault: Is it America’s most dangerous?
A repeat of the 1868 Hayward fault California earthquake today would have enormous consequences. Property worth more than $500 billion and approximately 5 million people in six surrounding counties would suffer badly from such a quake. By Thomas Brocher and other members of the 1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance
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FeaturesBusiness interruption in the land of earthquakes
A large Japanese earthquake could have a devastating effect on the continuity of critical industries in the country and their earnings. By Dennis Kuzak and Masanori Kobayashi
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FeaturesBringing brush fire risk under control
In the last decade US brush fire exposures have nearly tripled and the frequency of such events is clearly on the rise. By Amy Block
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FeaturesNo more easy oil
The development of deep water fields, often in remote locations lacking infrastructure, poses new challenges to the offshore energy industry, which must operate facilities safely over 20 to 30 years in harsh environmental conditions. By Phil Thomas and David Brown
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FeaturesLong arm of the US regulator
The failure of foreign regulators to prosecute firms for carrying out corrupt business practices abroad to win new business, has led the US to step into the breach waving a big stick with which to punish firms and individuals, with the threat of massive fines and jail sentences. Neil Hodge ...
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FeaturesCracking down on cartels
EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has vowed to get tough on companies that don't play fair. Neill Blundell says the EU and other regulators are giving a stark warning to boardrooms
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FeaturesTowards sustainability
What part can business play in making the change towards a sustainable economy? Nathan Skinner reports on a recent conference
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FeaturesAchieving a double whammy
Fred Mundt, Alex Hindson and George Nassif describe how applying an enterprise risk management approach to product liability risk allowed an electronics materials company both to provide assurance to its customers and to achieve a big reduction in its insurance premiums
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FeaturesHolding on to what they've got
Insurers are competing fiercely for business. And that has to be good news for buyers, says Guy Malyon
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Kidnap – a booming industry
People working abroad are at risk of being held to ransom. What are employers doing about it? Not enough, says Neil Hodge
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FeaturesThe regulator investigates
Regulators take insider trading very seriously. Their powers to search for evidence are growing. Comply, or face disaster, say Jonathan Pickworth and Elizabeth Bremner
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FeaturesThe carbon opportunity
Companies are cottoning on to the opportunities in being up front about carbon use. The question is how best to measure it? Nathan Skinner reports
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More than just procurement
Mathias Estrade, Cyril Végni and Audrey Gandon underline the importance of managing the risks at the heart of the purchasing function
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A Healthy Appetite for Insurance Risk
Capital markets’ investment participation in insurance risk continues to grow at a remarkable rate. By Cory Anger
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Reducing Supply Chain Risk from Extreme Events
Businesses today outsource many operations to partners, many of whom may be critically exposed to extreme events and beyond of the control of the firm’s risk management programmes. By Marc Lehmann and Kenneth Travers
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The China syndrome
The world increasingly depends on Chinese products, but recent high profile recalls are raising concerns about production standards. Trevor Davies considers the issues.
