Risk Management

Strategy works best if you determine your vision and vulnerabilities, then set business priorities.

As you explore how software bots can automate tasks, keep in mind some of the accompanying risks.

New factory audit processes make it possible to evaluate supplier performance in more depth.

Disrupting the status quo is often valuable, but taken too far, it can lead to ethical crises.

In response to demographic and technology changes, MetLife centers its business model on digital.

Advanced risk identification tools require companies to take a new approach to supply chain resilience.

If you think the biggest cybersecurity threat most businesses face is credit card theft, think again.

For PepsiCo, entering the natural beverage market meant developing new risk management practices.

Success in the digital age requires a new kind of ethical diligence in how companies use data.

Companies need contingency plans if they see a Brexit-like disruption on their horizon.

What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology: how to avoid digital black swans; partnering with early-stage startups; the trouble with wearables.

Interdependencies are key to resilient businesses.

While the financial services industry is increasingly turning to data and analytics, educating its non-quant managers is proving to be a challenge.

High-impact innovations have built-in uncertainty — but careful strategizing can reduce the risk.

The Winter 2016 issue of MIT SMR explores how transparency effects the power structure.

In a webinar, researchers from The Ohio State University show how resilient enterprises adapt to supply chain turbulence.

A United Nations initiative is helping the insurance industry address environmental risks.

The Fall 2015 issue of MIT SMR highlights two themes: developing tomorrow’s leaders, and disruption.

Leading companies are using an array of detection and response techniques to become more resilient.

In an archived webinar, MIT’s Yossi Sheffi offers insights on preparing for and coping with disruption.