@inproceedings{577ce248982e4cd897432ddfd6788230,
title = "A risk scenario for small businesses in hurricane sandy type disasters",
abstract = "This research uses a series of surveys followed by mathematical modeling to help discover risk factors, mitigating actions, and the highest return scenarios as a basis for a low-cost business continuity/disaster recovery plan. The surveys use a Delphi study format in order to rank a base list of risks and mitigating actions and to supplement those lists with ones added by the participants. Survey results are analyzed and presented back to the group for a second round of ranking and supplementing the risk/action categories. This paper describes the top ten risks and high value scenario for small business interruptions as determined by a Delphi survey of small businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy. The highest ranked risk is loss of business reputation. The research then uses Cross Impact Analysis and Interpretive Structural Modeling to determine the risk interactions and the highest valued scenario for which to prepare.",
author = "Hendela, {Arthur H.} and Murray Turoff and Hiltz, {Starr Roxanne} and Fjermestad, {Jerry L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is based on a dissertation that was completed in the Spring of 2016. The dissertation is available from the NJIT library at http://library.njit.edu/etd. We thank the other members of the dissertation committee for their valuable advice Jerry Fjermestad, Julian Scher, and Thomas Wilkin. We also thank all of the small business people who participated in this study. We thank the University of Agder, Norway for their travel support of Drs. Turoff and Hiltz to attend the HICSS conference. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. All rights reserved.; 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2017 ; Conference date: 03-01-2017 Through 07-01-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "257--266",
editor = "Bui, {Tung X.} and Ralph Sprague",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2017",
address = "United States",
}