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Managing Political Risk Assessment: Strategic Response to Environmental Change (Studies in International Political Economy, 8) by Stephen J. Kobrin is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The accurate assessment of political risk can make the difference between success and failure for a multinational corporation, which must keep corporate objectives in sight while operating in a large number of widely varying environments. While environmental or political risk assessment has become an explicit function in many firms and is inherent in all foreign investment, the uncertainties of foreign political environments continue to pose critical problems for managers. In Managing Political Risk Assessment, Stephen J. Kobrin describes and analyzes the techniques of political risk assessment employed by U.S. multinationals. His analysis draws on organizational theory, economics, political science, and international relations. The study reveals that those charged with political risk assessment have often not been fully integrated into the core of the managerial process, information from subsidiaries is often biased, and the flow of data is poorly controlled. As a result, virtually all firms experience difficulties in using environmental assessment in planning and making decisions. Kobrin persuasively argues that the thorough integration of the assessment function into the manager

Author
Stephen J. Kobrin
Publisher
Berkeley: University of California Press
Published
1982
Language
EN
ISBN
9780520045408
Subjects
Management, Finance, Language Learning