There are no sure things in business because everything comes with a risk. No matter how well things are going, a recession, internal fraud, or an earthquake leveling your factory can leave you ...

Unlike micro risk which is firm-specific, macro risk refers to the risk across all businesses or industries for entire geographic regions or countries. International companies face a variety of ...

This will better prepare their business to manage the downside of risk while positioning themselves to capitalize on opportunities that may be presented. It requires both an internal and external ...

We believe that it’s largely attributable to a case of “bad macro, good micro”. While the micro ... in one camp or the other. Second, the risk of a widespread default of European sovereign ...

But it warned of growing macro risk in Sierra Leone. Micro risk is company-specific or industry-specific. Macro risk affects many or all businesses to varying degrees. For example, the potential ...

“I’m obsessed about what I call, for lack of a better name, the macro-to-micro continuum,” explains ... but the severity of the risk assessment, I think, pulled CFOs into a place where ...

The macro/micro split is institutionalized in economics, from beginning courses in “principles of economics” through to postgraduate studies. Economists commonly consider themselves microeconomists or ...