Description: Rethinking Risk in National Security: Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management [Paperback] Mazarr, Michael J. Product Overview This book examines the role of risk management in the recent financial crisis and applies lessons from there to the national security realm. It rethinks the way risk contributes to strategy, with insights relevant to practitioners and scholars in national security as well as business. Over the past few years, the concept of risk has become one of the most commonly discussed issues in national security planning. And yet the experiences of the 2007-2008 financial crisis demonstrated critical limitations in institutional efforts to control risk. The most elaborate and complex risk procedures could not cure skewed incentives, cognitive biases, groupthink, and a dozen other human factors that led companies to take excessive risk. By embracing risk management, the national security enterprise may be turning to a discipline just as it has been discredited. Read more Details Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2016 edition (April 27, 2016) Language : English Paperback : 255 pages ISBN-10 : 134994887X ISBN-13 : 71 Item Weight : 13.1 ounces Dimensions : 6.1 x 0.59 x 9.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #9,752,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,757 in Military Sciences #2,038 in Military Policy (Books) #2,201 in Risk Management (Books) #1,757 in Military Sciences #2,038 in Military Policy (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 134994887X
ISBN10: 134994887X
ISBN13: 9781349948871
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GTIN: 09781349948871
Book Title: Rethinking Risk in National Security : Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management
Number of Pages: IX, 246 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Public Policy / Military Policy, Economic History, Finance / Financial Risk Management, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, History & Theory
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 140.6 Oz
Author: Michael J. Mazarr
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
