This paper presents a Risk Register Database System, which incorporates a Risk Register and a Risk Assessment Tool which have been used to aid the management of project risk within an automotive company. The Risk Register is primarily a tool which has enabled the risks within a project to be documented and maintained irrespective of geographical location, and has provided the platform for the r...

We study whether community based interventions improve risk sharing in rural Malawi. We focus on improvements in risk sharing arising as a result of design features of these interventions. We use a 2 year panel dataset collected within a cluster randomised trial to investigate whether two community based interventions a participatory women’s group intervention and a home-based infant feeding in...

In this paper, risk tolerance with regard to nuclear waste is investigated. It is shown that Swedish respondents did not readily accept a local high-level nuclear waste repository, contrary to claims based on polling data. The important role played in Sweden by misleading survey questions is pointed out and demonstrated on empirical data where formulations and procedures are varied. The accepta...

e-Government projects are expected to increase efficiency and quality of government services, whilst decreasing the costs. Unfortunately though, together with its perceived positive potential, e-Government also entails risks. It is expected that the employment of proper risk assessment methods in the management of such projects will reduce the threats imposed by the various risks that surround ...

background: a cross-sectional analytic method was used to assess health and safety risks that really matter in restaurants of universities and hospitals in the gaza strip, palestine.  materials and methods: a 40-item questionnaire was completed by workers in all university and governmental hospital restaurants in the gaza strip. another 30-item questionnaire was completed by university students...

Using incentives to shape behavior requires that people understand the choice-outcome mapping and don’t use preferences or heuristics imported from other domains. We study an observable risk-return tradeoff for which risk preferences are normatively prescribed by a minimal assumption. The choice is whether to shoot a 2-pointer or a 3-pointer in professional (NBA) basketball. When losing, teams ...

Companies work increasingly more on projects as a means of executing organizational decisions. However, too many enterprise projects result in failure. Hence, firms should follow a risk management method that drives their projects toward success. Nevertheless, project managers often deal with risks intuitively. This is partly because they lack the proper means to correctly manage the underlying...

In many domains risky health behavior is still only poorly understood. Analysis is often plagued by incomplete data and a general lack of information. In this study, we try to understand the determinants of helmet use among motorcyclists in Delhi, a context in which road safety is very low. We use a very detailed data set collected especially for the purpose of the study. To guide our empirical...

Drawing upon the cultural risk perspective and writings on risk taking, this paper seeks to develop ideas relating to the effective use of school cyberspace. It is argued that some individuals respond to exaggerated, yet seductive, discourses of online risks by over-blocking, unreasonably restricting students’ Internet activity. At the same time, there are sensible, even compelling, motivations...