Risk Management and Innovation in Japan, Britain and the USA [#180650]

Risk Management and Innovation in Japan, Britain and the USA By Ruth Taplin
2005 | 199 Pages | ISBN: 0415368065 | PDF | 1 MB
Assessing and managing risk is vitally important, and is increasingly studied in a range of areas including politics and international relations, finance and insurance, and innovation and the valuing of intangible assets such as patents and intellectual property. The degree to which innovation is encouraged or otherwise вЂ" a key factor for many businesses - depends in part on the attitude towards risk in the context in whichВit takes place. TaplinВconsiders the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA. Providing a broad and detailed examination of the subject,Вshe discusses topics including risk management standards, managing risk in marketing, the insurance industry, patents, and in venture capital, and of how risk management in organizations has evolved.