A Global View of Risk

The World Economic Forum's Global Risk Network challenges executives to think more broadly about threats to their businesses. Rather than viewing single risks in isolation, executives should try to better understand the connections among a host of global problems that could affect their businesses in the next decade. The World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2010: A Global Risk Network Report, prepared by a team of 200 risk experts from around the world, categorizes risks in five areas: societal, geopolitical, environmental, economic, and technological. (Read the article "A Global View of Risk" at CFO.com online.)