Political Risk Intelligence for Business Operations in Complex Environments

Macro-level dynamics and modelling are well represented in the mainstream political risk literature. However, not many writings on the subject get their hands dirty in terms of revealing the hard, nuanced and practical work behind knowing what the issues might be for a specific foreign operation in a sensitive or volatile context, and how to plan for them.

Political Risk Intelligence for Business Operations in Complex Environments provides international managers, and by extension their organisations, with a foundational understanding of political risk analysis and planning for on-the-ground operations in challenging times and places. This means having a fluid grasp of what political risk means and why it matters in the organisation-s context, and how relevant intelligence can be gathered and analysed to inform decisions and planning towards an operation-s socio-political resilience.

The book explains:

• How and why political risk manifests and the forms i