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A CEO’s Guide to Navigating Brexit

Harvard Business Review

Here, too, the directional impact has been analyzed credibly, with estimates ranging from 3%–9% of GDP loss. Design contingency plans and reflect any insights in your strategies for growth, geographical footprint, global supply chain, and risk management. For example, a U.S. Run scenarios.

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Playing the Ultimatum Game with Merkozy

Harvard Business Review

You can't cover every possible contingency, but having a set of options lined up in case things don't work out as expected is a basic rule of good risk management, entrepreneurship , negotiation, career planning, and all number of other endeavors.

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3 Emerging Market Risks Companies Should Watch for in 2018

Harvard Business Review

Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning. They devote far more time to internal execution and competitive risks than to external risks that can change the playing field. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. growth in real GDP.