Development paths of risk management: approaches, methods and fields of application

Chiara Verbano and Karen Venturini ()

Journal of Risk Research, 2011, vol. 14, issue 5, 519-550

Abstract: In the most recent stage of development of modern society, the growing complexity and dynamism of the contexts firms operate in has led to a relentless increase in the level of risk in all areas of firms' management and activities. For this reason, the discipline and practice of risk management (RM) has taken hold more and more in very different sectors and contexts: from nuclear to supply chain to healthcare. The evolutionary path of RM has followed distinct paths of development that have adopted specific perspectives and, backed by different cultural matrices, led to unique approaches and methods. The aim of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification and characterization of new paths of development based on a thorough analysis of the academic and managerial literature. This taxonomy can serve as an integrated reference to the RM discipline allowing those who deal with RM to identify and characterize the most suitable paths of development for a given context, within a comprehensive framework. This study can also promote a sort of 'cross fertilization' between experts in specific areas of RM as has been the case of clinical RM which draws from the experience gained in the field of complex engineering systems.

Date: 2011
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