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Why Quants Should Manage Your Supply Chain Risk

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, anyone who claims to be managing supply chain risk without understanding subjects like real options, hedging, Value at Risk models, financial simulation, and so on, is more like a security guard than a real risk manager. In addition, there is often a knowing-doing gap between enterprise risk management teams and the business itself.

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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. Multinational companies should pressure-test 2018 sales targets and currency hedging against this scenario. miragec/Getty Images. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda.