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Risk along the value chain

Risk along the value chain

Most companies only examine the most direct risks facing a company and tend to neglect secondary risks that can have an even greater impact.

Companies need to learn to evaluate aftereffects that could weaken whole value chains.

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Risk: Seeing around the corners

Risk: Seeing around the corners

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/risk/our-insights/risk-seeing-around-the-corners

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