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Managing risk and resilience: From the Editors
Academy of Management Journal
  • Gerben VAN DER VEGT
  • Peter ESSENS
  • Margareta WAHLSTROM
  • Gerard GEORGE, Singapore Management University
Publication Type
Editorial
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2015
Abstract

Ten years of Global Risks reports by the World Economic Forum show a daunting list of risks that challenge humankind, including water and food crises, terrorist attacks, cybercrime, financial crises, and extreme weather events, among others (World Economic Forum, 2015). The annual number of these high-risk events worldwide has steadily increased from around 350 in 1980 to almost 1,000 in 2014 (UN, 2015). Managing the devastation of these disaster events extends beyond concerns about mortality; economic losses are rising from around U.S.$50 billion in the 1980s to around U.S.$250 billion in the last decade (UN, 2015). Similarly, cataclysmic effects caused by climate change will, with increasing regularity, shape business and society (Howard-Grenville, Buckle, Hoskins, & George, 2014).

Identifier
10.5465/amj.2015.4004
Publisher
Academy of Management
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.4004
Citation Information
Gerben VAN DER VEGT, Peter ESSENS, Margareta WAHLSTROM and Gerard GEORGE. "Managing risk and resilience: From the Editors" Academy of Management Journal Vol. 58 Iss. 4 (2015) p. 971 - 980 ISSN: 0001-4273
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gerard-george/59/