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Managing Country Risk: A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Cross-Border Risk Analysis
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
What would you do if a law that enabled your investment to operate successfully abroad had just been changed, and your business could no longer operate profitably there? Imagine exporting goods to a government buyer only to discover after the fact that your home country, or the United Nations, has just imposed an embargo on that country. An unexpected resignation, a terrorist act, or a currency collapse can instantaneously transform the political and economic landscape of a country or region, and with that, what seemed like a good business decision can quickly become a disaster. Managing Country Risk: A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Cross-Border Risk Analysis explains how to identify and manage the plethora of risks associated with conducting business abroad. Daniel Wagner, an industry expert with more than two decades of battle-tested experience, provides readers with the real-world insight needed to think outside the box and anticipate the impact of change on business operations.
Title: Managing Country Risk: A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Cross-Border Risk Analysis
Author: Daniel Wagner ‘87 is the Founder and Managing Director of Country Risk Solutions (CRS), a cross-border risk advisory firm based in Connecticut (USA), and Director of Global Strategy at the PRS Group.
Prior to founding CRS, Daniel was Senior Vice President of Country Risk at GE Energy Financial Services. He created a Center of Excellence for country risk analysis in GE and led a team that produced a comprehensive automated country risk rating methodology.
Daniel has published hundreds of articles on risk management and current affairs, is a non-resident scholar at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, and a regular contributor to foreignpolicyjournal.com, the Huffington Post and International Risk Management Institute (IRMI). His editorials have been published in such notable newspapers as the International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal. Daniel has also written two books – Political Risk Insurance Guide and Managing Country Risk.
He holds master’s degrees in International Relations from the University of Chicago and in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Daniel can be reached at daniel.wagner@countryrisksolutions.com or through www.countryrisksolutions.com
Publisher: Productivity Press; 1 edition (February 15, 2012)
Price: Hardcover: $99.95 / Kindle: $79.96
Description: Hardcover, 308 pages / Kindle, 2073 KB
ISBN: 978-1466500471
ASIN: B007RNH9OI
Information: Hardcover: www.amazon.com Kindle: www.amazon.com Website: www.managingcountryrisk.com
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