Skip to Content
Small Business Finance and Valuation
book

Small Business Finance and Valuation

by Rick Nason, Dan Nordqvist
September 2020
Beginner
184 pages
4h 46m
English
Business Expert Press
Content preview from Small Business Finance and Valuation

CHAPTER 10

Risk Management

What Is Risk and Risk Management

If you ask most people what their definition of risk is, you are likely to get a response along the following lines: “Risk is the possibility that something bad happens.” That is the way that risk is portrayed in most media, and it is the way that many business professionals think. We believe, and theory backs us up on this, that a better definition of risk is “the possibility that bad or good things may happen.” This definition allows for a much more holistic view of risk, and, as we shall soon discuss, a much better way to think about and implement risk management.

Our definition of risk involves three components. The first component of risk is that risk is about the future. The second ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Entrepreneurial Finance, Fourth Edition: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur, 4th Edition

Entrepreneurial Finance, Fourth Edition: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur, 4th Edition

Steven Rogers
Small Business Management

Small Business Management

Dr. Andreas Karaoulanis

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781952538131