Managing the business risk is aimed at maintaining, on an acceptable level, the potential negative financial consequences resulting from adverse changes in the business environment.
Business risk is understood as the risk of incurring losses due to adverse changes in the business environment, taking bad decisions, incorrect implementation of decisions taken, or not taking appropriate actions in response to changes in the business environment, it includes in particular strategic risk.
Managing the business risk is aimed at maintaining, on an acceptable level, the potential negative financial consequences resulting from adverse changes in the business environment, making adverse decisions, improper implementation of adopted decisions or lack of appropriate actions, which would be a response to changes in the business environment.
Measurement of business risk is aimed at defining the scale of threats related to the existence of business risk with the use of defined risk measures. The measurement of business risk comprises:
- calculation of selected business risk indicators,
- conducting stress-tests,
- calculation of internal capital.
The main tools used in business risk management include:
- verification and update of quarterly financial forecasts,
- monitoring of level of strategic tolerance limit.