For ENI, business risk, geography, and political risk all come together
How does a company assess its risks and, more importantly, how does it manage them? That’s the question FCPA blogger Tom Fox hoped to answer recently when he explored the case of Italian energy company ENI’s focus on doing business in Africa—known for being politically risky—which put some investors ill ...
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