Every business depends upon certain "givens," which range from retaining key personnel, to emergency planning, to credit arrangements. But what happens when a relatively young CEO is killed in an ...

Let’s discuss the importance of contingency planning, what a comprehensive contingency plan should include and how to implement one effectively. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are ...

Contingency plans can focus on going forward: expanding sales and production. Or they can focus on the downside: cutting expenses in a slowdown. This article will focus on the sideways contingency ...

Editor's note: This article was expanded and updated in November 2017. Business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) planning are critical activities for organizations of any size. This article ...

Business leaders don’t want doubters in their organization, for fear that workers won’t advance the leader’s plan if they consider the possibility of failure. This is probably the chief reason that ...

A disaster recovery plan provides a structured approach for responding to unplanned incidents that threaten an IT infrastructure, which includes hardware, software, networks, processes and people.