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Business
Confronts Terrorism
Risks and Responses
Dean C. Alexander
Terrace Books
"Terrorism is a daily threat to our core existence and
has permanently changed the way we conduct our business and live
our lives. Dean Alexander has addressed these unsettling issues
in a riveting and thoughtful manner enabling the business leader
a heightened perspective in guiding his company's future in light
of the uncertainty in which we live. Alexander's book is a must-read
for corporate America as we all enter into a new, unknown, and
fragile business environment where terrorism can have such an
incredible effect on a company's performance."
—Tom
Smith, President TASER International
In the aftermath of September 11, the daily
barrage of predictions of incipient terrorist attacks against
business targets—nuclear power and chemical plants, shopping
malls, financial institutions, tourist attractions—has accelerated
the need to understand the impact of terrorism on business.
The business community—personnel, facilities, and operations—constitute
a prime target of contemporary terrorism. This timely book analyzes
the threats facing U.S. business due to terrorism, industry responses
to these dangers, and terrorism's effects on conducting business
in the post-9/11 environment. Dean C. Alexander details the conventional
and unconventional terrorist capabilities facing U.S. industry.
He describes the activities of terrorists in the economic system,
the ways they finance their operations, and the negative financial
and economic consequences of terrorism. He discusses how companies
can reduce terrorist threats and that corporate security can
minimize political violence.
Alexander also delineates terrorism's effects—financial,
physical, and emotional—on workers and employers. He outlines
the dynamics of the public-private partnership against terrorism:
business supporting government, government aiding industry, and
tension between the two. He discusses the impact of terrorism
on traditional business practices and concludes with an assessment
of future trends.
Dean C. Alexander
has broad experience with legal, business, and political risk
issues. He has been an executive and in-house counsel for companies
based in Chile, England, and Israel. He served as executive director
of the NAFTA Research Institute and a consultant to the World
Bank, the Organization of American States, and the U.S. State
Department. His books include Terrorism and Business: the
Impact of September 11, 2001.
For more information regarding publicity
and reviews contact our publicity manager, Chris Caldwell, phone: (608) 263-0734,
email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
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LC: 2004012635 HV
246 pp. 6 x 9
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