We revisit Hawkins’ (Comput Stat 9(3):233–247, <CitationRef CitationID="CR15">1994</CitationRef>) algorithm for fitting monotonic polynomials and discuss some practical issues that we encountered using this algorithm, for example when fitting high degree polynomials or situations with a sparse design matrix but multiple observations...</citationref>

Reputational risk is now considered the single greatest threat to businesses today. Most companies, however, are still not managing this risk appropriately. This paper argues that following the recommendations of the Turnbull Report into boardroom responsibility for risk management and...

This paper summarises the findings arising from a series of extended qualitative interviews with 14 CEOs and chairmen from leading UK corporations and international organisations. The purpose of the interviews was to try to establish the value that CEOs attach to public relations, and to get a...