Risk mitigation strategies in Latin American higher education institutions
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https://doi.org/10.17561/ree.n2.2026.9638Palabras clave:
risk management, higher education, university, risk mitigationResumen
Risk management represents a relevant consideration for organisational survival; it similarly should be pertinent in higher education settings. Yet in contrast with other sectors (e. g. manufacturing), for which clear risk management parameters (e. g., risk drivers, risk dimensions, mitigation strategies) have been compiled and specified, conceptual frameworks for analysing risk management do not exist for university management efforts. The peculiarities of university management make it difficult to extrapolate conclusions reached in other contexts, highlighting the need to generate conceptual frameworks that identify relevant parameters and reveal the relationships among them. In pursuit of these objectives, the current study identifies and classifies potential risks according to the three main processes of university activity (i. e. teaching, research and knowledge transfer), as well as different management practices with the potential to mitigate such risks. An empirical analysis of the effect of these practices on risk reduction in turn identifies the most effective options.
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