The concept of risk and its essence, problems in the study of the concept of risk

Abstract

© 2019, Research Trend. All rights reserved. The article deals with the basic theory of risk, a critical review of literature on the definition of "risk". The interrelation and interdependence of concepts of risk and probability, risk and uncertainty are revealed, such features of risk as alternative, accident and inconsistency are reflected, and also approaches of different editions to the concept of risks and opportunities are described. The article formulates the main problems arising in the analysis of the concept of the essence of risk.The concept of "risk" has a long world history, but most actively began to study various aspects of risk in the late XIX-early XX century. In the West, a lot of attention is paid to the problem of risk studies. In the USSR for a long time dominated the extensive development of the national economy, administrative methods of management. As a result, the analysis of the efficiency of economic activity in the conditions of the planned economy, and technical and economic projects is carried out without risk assessment. Thus, in Russia for a long time there was no interest in the problem of economic risks, and only with changes in the conditions of activity, the issues of risk consideration became in demand and were further developed [1].