Taking Risks

Häftad, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

Donald Wherung and Kenneth R. Maccrimmon examine how the external factors of leaders lives effect their ability to manage and take risks.Emphasizing the importance of a manager’s ability and willingness to take risks in their business decisions, Taking Risks reveals how age, education, income, industry, and firm size, among other factors, affect a manager’s drive to take risks. “By far the most authoritative and comprehensive study of risk taking that I have ever seen. Must reading for business executives, social scientists, government officials, management scholars — anyone who face real-world pressures of making decisions or seeks to understand the process behind them.” – James S. Dyer, Foster Parker Centennial Professor of Management and Finance, University of Texas – Austin

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-09-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:483 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:9780029195635

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Mer om författaren

Kenneth R. MacCrimmon is Earle Douglas McPhee Professor of Management, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, the University of British Columbia. The former J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Decision at Northwestern University, he is internationally known for his work on decision making, risk taking, and strategic management.

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Business Fascinating...should appeal to all managers for whom risk is an integral part of business life.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 Essence of RiskIntroductionRisky SituationsRisk BehaviorRisk Takers and Risk AvertersPreview of the BookChapter 2 Studying RiskIntroductionOther Studies of RiskOur Study of RiskPart Two: RISK IN STANDARDIZED SITUATIONSChapter 3 Risk In-Basket: Adjusting Risky Business SituationsIntroductionOur StudyResearch FindingsConclusionsChapter 4 Investment Gambles: Choosing in Risky Personal and Business SituationsIntroductionOur StudyResearch FindingsConclusionsChapter 5 Risk-Return Rankings: Evaluating Risky Attributes of Personal InvestmentsIntroductionOur StudyResearch FindingsConclusionsChapter 6 Real Money Wagers: Evaluating Gambles with Common Risk ComponentsIntroductionOur StudyResearch FindingsConclusionsChapter 7 Managerial Summary and Implications: Studying Risk in Standardized SituationsIntroductionRisk Recognition and EvaluationRisk AdjustmentRisky ChoicePart Three: RELATIONSHIPS AMONG RISK MEASURESChapter 8 Comparison of Risk Measures in Standardized SituationsIntroductionMeasures of Risk PropersityResearch FindingsConclusionsChapter 9 Measuring Risk in Natural Situations and AttitudesIntroductionNatural SituationsAttitudesNatural Situations and AttitudesConclusionsChapter 10 Characteristics Related to RiskIntroductionRisk and Personal CharacteristicsRisk and Financial CharacteristicsRisk and Business CharacteristicsRisk and SuccessThe Consistent Risk Averters and the Consistent Risk TakersConclusionsChapter 11 Managerial Summary and Implications: Relationships among Risk Measures and CharacteristicsIntroductionRisk Taking and Risk AvertingCharacteristics Related to RiskPart Four: ASSESSING YOUR OWN WILLINGNESS TO TAKE RISKSChapter 12 Assessing Your Own Willingness to Take RisksIntroductionComparing Your Willingness to Take Risks with the Risk-Neutral ResponsesComparing Your Willingness to Take Risks with the Managers in the StudyUses of Risk Portfolios and Risk ProfilesOrganizational Risk Profile for a FirmIndividual Risk ProfilesSummaryAppendix: Questionnaires in the Risk PortfolioNotesReferencesIndex