The flipside of this is that Mr Stern shuns the traditional approach of doing local deals, as big employers nowadays tend to operate on at least a national scale.

ECONOMIST: Face value

Emergency measures will obviously be at a different scale when talking about a mega-bank, a community institution, or a local restaurant, but all companies need to consider the risks of a major event to their operations.

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