Unit 3 Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.pdf
Risk - Business Risk
1. BUSINESS RISK -
MEANING
•Business risk refers to
- the possibility of inadequate profits or
- even losses due to uncertainties or unexpected events
2. Causes of Business Risk
1.Natural cause
Its an independent phenomenon
and human beings have no control
over it.
Examples;
Flood, Tsunami,
Earthquake
3. 2.Human causes
• Human causes include such unexpected
events as dishonesty, carelessness,
strikes, negligence etc.
4. 3.Economic Causes
• Economic causes include
* change in demand
* change in price
* technological changes
* competition etc.
Financial problems like
rise in interest rate of
borrowing, levy of higher
taxes also include in the
economic causes
5. 4.Other Causes
• These are unforeseen events like
Mechanical failures
political disturbance
fluctuations in exchange rates which lead to the possibility of business
risk