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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. At the start of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, it was a catalog of minor operational and logistical problems that led journalists to start reporting on "the glitch Games."

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes.

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Questions and Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? What are the potential risks vs. possible rewards and what is the downside of not making the investment? Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. to hit your objectives?

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO.

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Don’t Blame the Apple and Exonerate the Tree

Harvard Business Review

million from $23 million, after the London Whale loss (even as they cut his pay, the board praised Dimon for responding “forcefully” to the trading loss, presiding over an overhaul of the bank’s risk management, and getting rid of the responsible executives). Compensation Finance Organizational culture'

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Why the TSA Screening Revolt is Like Poison Ivy

Harvard Business Review

Just as poison ivy does not directly cause irritation, but spoofs our immune system into thinking our own skin is the enemy, careless reporting can cause more harm than good. And clear reporting in this sphere is so rare that I am aware of only one example. Now back to the subject at hand; reporting. It is around 100.

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UBS Systems Failed the "Too Big to Fail" Bank

Harvard Business Review

Every single Chief Risk Officer and every single non-executive director of every single "too big to fail" financial institution should be challenged by shareholders to prove they've got a surer grasp of risk than UBS. The April 2008 "Shareholder Report on UBS's Write-Downs" was damning both in clarity and specificity.