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A Short Guide to Contract Risk.
Savvy managers use contracts proactively to reach their business goals and minimize their risks. To succeed, these managers need a plan/framework and A Short Guide to Contract Risk provides this. It introduces the notion of contract literacy: a set of skills relevant for all who deal with contracts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Publishing Ltd,
2013.
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| Colección: | Short guides to business risk series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Introduction; Why This Book and This Topic?; Who "Owns" Contract Risks?; A Fresh Perspective: A Proactive Approach; How This Book Is Organized; 2 Contracts and Risk-the Big Picture; Why Do Companies Make Contracts?; What Exactly Do We Mean by "Contract" and "Contracting?"; What Exactly Do We Mean by "Risk?"; Contract Risk: Uncertainty Threatening the Achievement of Objectives; Contract Opportunities: Favorable Outcomes, Benefits and Predictability.
- The Promotive, Preventive and Balancing Power of ContractsContract Literacy: The Foundation for Identifying and Managing Contract Risk; Summary; 3 Sources of Contract Risk; Language Risks, Contract Wording, and Beyond; Perceptions, Growing Complexity, and Communication Failures; Gaps in the Contracting Process-Lack of Contract Management; Contractual Risk Allocation Leading to the Illusion of Control Where None Exists; Current Contract Practices-Focus on Wrong Issues and Terms; Summary; 4 Risks in Negotiating a Business Contract; Legal Risks in Contract Formation.
- Risks Relating to Negotiation Strategy and Contract ImplementationRisks Resulting from Attempting to Create a Legally Perfect Contract; A Decision-Making Tool for Addressing Risk During the Contracting Process; Summary; 5 Risky Terms and Issues in Contracts; Which Contract Terms Deal with Risk?; Most Frequent Sources of Claims and Disputes; Active Clauses vs. Passive Clauses-Performance Concerns vs. Legal Concerns; High-risk Issues in Contracts; Clauses that May be Risky-or Offer Protection against Risks; Summary; 6 Contract Risk Recognition and Response: Processes and Tools.
- Implementing Contract Risk Management: Neither Expensive nor ComplicatedTowards Systematic Contract Risk Management; The Contract Risk and Opportunity Management Plan; Contract Management: Ownership, Accountability, and Beyond; Managing Risks Jointly: From Risk Allocation to True Risk Management; The Challenge: Engaging People and Communicating Contracts; A Way to Meet the Challenge: Visualization; A New Mindset Enables Better Decisions and Results; The Lean and Visual (IKEA) Approach to Contract Risk Management; Summary; 7 Conclusion; Index.