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'Krisennavigator' Goes International

News Release # 4/00
(Tuesday, September 12, 2000)

Kiel / Muenster, Germany - What are the challenges of globalization for crisis management at international companies? How can subsidiaries of international companies effectively protect themselves from the risks that arise from U.S. liability laws? Why is negative stakeholder activity on the Internet a serious and growing problem? Crisisnavigator provides answers to these and other questions. www.crisisnavigator.org is the international sister site of the German Internet portal www.krisennavigator.de.

"Many companies underestimate the risks involved in doing business at an international level," explains Frank Roselieb regarding the launch of Crisisnavigator. The 31-year-old crisis researcher at the University of Kiel, Germany, functions as Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster of both Web sites. With Crisisnavigator the publishers intend to help prevent devastating corporate crises, which often have a global impact. In cooperation with reputable consulting firms, international business media, and partner universities around the world, Crisisnavigator will become a leading portal for information on crisis, risk, and disaster management.

"The success of the German Krisennavigator made it clear to us that there is a huge demand for reliable information in this area," adds Juergen Hauschildt (64), Professor for Business Administration and well-known crisis researcher with the University of Kiel, Germany. Similar to the German site, Crisisnavigator is designed as an open Internet portal. Corporate risk managers, disaster researchers, and crisis communications experts can submit case studies and articles, announce conferences, and register as members - all for free.

"We believe that the link between academia and the corporate world is important," says Jens Leker (37), Professor at the University of Muenster, Germany, and co-publisher of both Web sites. Through partnerships with reputable consulting firms the academic publishers gain valuable advice and become aware of new trends in the corporate world.

"Currently there is no comparable Internet portal available in the U.S.," reports Alan Freitag. The 51 year old is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, Crisisnavigator's North American partner university. The partnership with a U.S. university ensures current information from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as well as credibility and neutrality of the Internet portal on a long-term basis.

"My colleagues and I were impressed by the depth and quality of the information available on the German Krisennavigator Web site," says 30-year-old Oliver S. Schmidt. A native of Berlin, Germany, Schmidt is Senior Partner for Strategic Services with the partner company C4CS™, a crisis and issues management firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Together with the German consulting firms ad tempus consulting Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensmanagement mbH (Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Duesseldorf, all Germany), S+V Dr. Schlebusch, Volz + Cie. GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), and TMC Turnaround Management Consult GmbH (Dortmund, Hamburg, Berlin, all Germany), C4CS™ acts as Krisennavigator sponsor.

About 'Krisennavigator'

Since November of 1998 Krisennavigator offers comprehensive information on crisis management, crisis diagnosis, crisis communications, risk management, and disaster management. A free e-mail newsletter provides more than 1,500 leaders in business and academia with the latest news and extensive information in regard to the management of corporate crises, business risks, and natural disasters. Each week the German site receives an increasing number of hits and has now reached the 10,000 mark. More than 1,000 online inquiries and requests reach the editors per year.

Numerous researchers and corporate authors have submitted case studies and articles to Krisennavigator. A comprehensive online literature guide provides access to about 300 publications in regard to crisis, risk, and disaster management. Pages carrying news, announcements and a link list complete the available information. Both Web sites are published by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Juergen Hauschildt and Frank Roselieb from the University of Kiel, Germany, and Prof. Dr. Jens Leker from the University of Muenster, Germany.

Further information

Please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Frank Roselieb, if you have any questions:

Frank Roselieb
Crisisnavigator - Institute for Crisis Research
Schauenburgerstrasse 116
D-24118 Kiel, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)431 5606 480
Fax: +49 (0)431 5606 481
Internet: www.crisisnavigator.org
E-Mail: roselieb(at)crisisnavigator.org

First published in Crisisnavigator (ISSN 1619-2400):
Volume 1 (2000) - Issue 9 (September)

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