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Drivers of risk managementAdapting risk management to organisational motivesResearch executive summary series Volume 7 | Issue 7Rune Yndestad M ller Copenhagen Business School1 | Drivers of risk management adapting risk management to organisational motivesMain findings, implications and overview of projectRisk management s official argument is clear: it is good business. However, practice does not indicate the same. Based on theory and case studies, the following Drivers for risk management have been identified: A progressive argument or driver of value creation. Three defensive arguments or Drivers of value preservation: The increasing production of risk in modern society, leading to an escalating experience of uncertainty and unpredictability. Risk management as a mechanism of response to increasing uncertainty.

2 | Drivers of risk management Adapting risk management to organisational motives Method The research project is based on seven longitudinal qualitative case studies conducted at Copenhagen Business School, two of which are reflected in this article.

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