Financial Management: Theory & Practice
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Author: Brigham
Publisher: Cengage
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To determine: The reason that the value of the firm can be increased by risk management.
Introduction: The process to manage the risk or any uncertainty attached to any event by which an organization may be affected generally in negative sense is regarded as risk management.
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