Governments and the Ownership of Business (ALLENCE DY)

Nationalization: Why Governments Get Involved in Nationalization:

- because they takes a private property by a government in order to make it public.

- they are motivated by the belief that government can manage a public good or necessity better than
the private, profit-driven sector.

Privatization: Why Governments Sell Businesses

the selling of the government-owned property to the private sector is to gain more efficiency in business
operations and raise money, or to change in political climate/philosophy.

Government Stability and Protection

Stability defines as the Issues with Lack of Peace and Predictability

-A stable government maintains itself in power and whose fiscal, monetary, and political policies are
predictable and not subject to sudden, radical changes.

-An unstable government cannot maintain itself in power or makes sudden, unpredictable, or radical
policy changes.

which means it is impossible for an unstable goverment to have a stable power and control to its
environment.

Protection From Unfair Competition

-which means. the protection of the economic activities of citizens.

Protection from Terrorism, Cybercrime, and Other Threats

definitions:

-Terrorism: unlawful acts of violence

committed for a wide variety of reasons.

-Kidnapping: provide a source of operating funds for terrorists. Piracy: hijacking and kidnapping on the
seas.

-Cybercrime: any illegal Internet-mediated activity that takes place in electronic networks.

with this crimes, Governments has deviced a protection protocol to avoid any more damages.

Country Risk Assessment and Counter measures to Threats

Country Risk Assessment (CRA)

first up is the CRA.

-The CRA is an assessment of a country’s economic situation and politics to determine how much risk to
employees, property, and investment exists for the firm doing business there.

-so this is an assessment about the country's economic situation which identifies if it is good or bad, safe
or dangerous for a firm to start a business.

Types of Countermeasures

-Know country and region so risk-assessment is realistic.

so having more knowledge about the country and the region about their risk assessment can increase
the authenticity of the assessment of the given country and region.

-The Insurance and outsourced skills, such as hostage negotiations, as needed to cope with the crisis.

-Train for daily living skills: varying driving routes, awareness of surroundings, antiterrorism training.
this will avoid and mitigate any potential threats that will come through your way.