Purpose – Several works have focused on defining an organisation mission. Ansoff, Levitt and Drucker, among others, have made seminal contributions. However, globalisation has brought new challenges and changes, in terms of both new risks and new opportunities. Thus: How does globalisation...

Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a model for risk management of knowledge loss in a project‐based organization in Iran. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a multi‐stage research approach. In the first stage, existing practices are examined to develop a model for risk...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a risk identification method which is a synthesis of existing tools and techniques. Design/methodology/approach – Risks are viewed as a temporal hierarchy of major decisions or events at the highest level, projects at the middle level, and routine...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the interaction between risk, learning and ownership decisions in international R&D joint ventures. Design/methodology/approach – The study focuses on international strategic R&D joint ventures of US firms. The sample is made up of 266 firms. Regression...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyze the compatibility between entrepreneurial and social attitudes. Specifically, it seeks to analyze whether subjects with a more developed economic entrepreneurial attitude exhibit a less social attitude. Design/methodology/approach – The...

The study develops a methodology for identifying and managing fiscal risks that will improve the measures taken by the tax authority, in the context of the efforts to streamline fiscal fraud controls but also to improve the behaviour of taxable subjects. The main objective of the research was to...

Density forecasts have become quite important in economics and finance. For example, such forecasts play a central role in modern financial risk management techniques like Value at Risk. This paper suggests a regression based density forecast evaluation framework as a simple alternative to other...