Managing Risk in Extreme Environments: Front-line Business Lessons for Corporates and Financial Institutions

When it really is a matter of life and death, how do risk management strategies stand up to the pressure?

Do such radical situations have a practical relevance to risk management policies in today's business and financial worlds?

Managing Risk in Extreme Environments looks at real—life examples — from epidemics to earthquakes — to showcase risk management strategies which have been tested in adverse conditions and shown to succeed. The author then demonstrates how the lessons learnt from each...