Evaluating the Risks in Acquisition

This paper aims to illustrate the role of strategic risk analysis in the process of policy dialogue. An example of a new product diversification demonstrates the role of risk analysis in clarifying problem assumptions and in understanding the impact of uncertainty on decision-making. Risk analysis i...

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Main Authors: HERTZ, David B., Thomas, Howard
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1982
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3942
https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-6301(82)90005-X
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:This paper aims to illustrate the role of strategic risk analysis in the process of policy dialogue. An example of a new product diversification demonstrates the role of risk analysis in clarifying problem assumptions and in understanding the impact of uncertainty on decision-making. Risk analysis is seen as an adjunct and aid to problem formulation and resolution and not an end in itself.