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The ‘list of risks’ method consists in the identification and prioritization of
factors which can be a source of innovative risk. In practice, this means making
a list of all the aspects of an innovative undertaking, grouping them according
to the scope of problems, analysing the risk load of each of the listed elements,
and describing any expected negative effects it may cause (See Table 48).
Table 48. A possible format of a list of risk factors in implementing innovation
Element Consequences Description
X Critical/major/medium/minor
Source: Own study.
Description of potential effects should a given risk
component occur
In practice, during the implementation of innovations in companies, these
lists can be very complex and include many unit areas – depending on the service
range. A good key for making the list is the use of identified risk sources divided
according to the above-discussed areas in which they arise.
The second of the techniques, the risk map, is the idea of risk lists extended
by an element of time of exposure to risk. While risk lists enable identification of
the strength of risk factors, the risk map makes it possible to estimate their frequency
and duration. An additional value of the risk map for the innovative
process is a clear graphic form of presenting results, which enhances quick decisions
neutralising factors generating risk during the implementation of innovations.
The risk map is supposed to help the risk manager to recognise the whole
scope of risk generating factors to which the entire company is exposed during
innovation processes. Its aim is to prevent making decisions based on fragmentary
information that does not show the full impact of innovation on the company.
In a transport company, there are some areas influenced by potential innovations
that are particularly important, and should be included in the risk map.
They are: type of cargo, type of vehicles and their potential replacement, transport
procedures, transport routes, maximum axle load, worktime and working
conditions (depending on the mode: drivers, pilots, navigators, etc.), impact on
technical requirements, scope and type of shipping documents. The implementation
of innovations may cause changes in each of these elements, and the risk
map is meant to illustrate the strength of these changes in the context of adaptation
time (i.e. how long particular areas are exposed to risk) or their frequency in
the course of a given service. In forwarding, an additional aspect of innovations
is their impact on other services the forwarder can offer: influence on terms of
insurance, payment dates, possibility of using selected business forms, change of
a means of transport or cargo handling operation. As far as logistics is concerned,
there are some more aspects of impact to be considered: on warehousing
operations, storage conditions, speed of cargo delivery, possibilities of imple-
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