1st Edition

Risk Management in Crisis Winners and Losers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Piotr Jedynak, Sylwia Bąk Copyright 2021
252 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Risk management is a domain of management which comes to the fore in crisis. This book looks at risk management under crisis conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic context. The book synthesizes existing concepts, strategies, approaches and methods of risk management and provides the results of empirical research on risk and risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research outcome was... Read more

Introduction 1. Uncertainty and risk in the modern world 2. Concepts and standards of risk management 3. Challenges of risk management during crisis situations 4. Dominant business risks during the COVID-19 pandemic 5. "Risk losers" during the COVID-19 pandemic – case studies 6. "Risk winners" during the COVID-19 pandemic – case studies 7. Building enterprises’ resilience to crisis. Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions

Biography

Piotr Jedynak is Professor of Management. He works at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland, where he holds the positions of Vice-Rector for Financial and HR Policy and Head of the Management Systems Department. He specializes in risk management, strategic management and management systems. He is the author of numerous publications, an auditor and consultant to many public and business organizations. 

Sylwia Bąk holds a PhD in Management Sciences. She works as a researcher and lecturer in the Management Systems Department of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. In her interests, research and publications, she focuses on issues related to risk management, strategic management and standardized management systems.