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1 Top 20 Risks Facing U.S. Tech Companies
by Don E. Sears
2 No. 20
Credit or financial risk of customers, vendors, suppliers: 48%
3 No. 19
Labor concerns: 49%
4 No. 18
Accounting, internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance: 54%
5 No. 16 (Tied)
Natural disasters, war, conflicts and terrorist attacks: 55%Inability to acquire capital or financing: 55%
6 No. 15
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7 No. 14
Cyclical revenue (and resulting fluctuations in stock price): 57%
8 No. 13
Predicting customer demand: 63%
9 No. 12
Product liability, quality and safety issues: 64%
10 No. 11
Failure to properly executive corporate strategy: 68%
11 No. 10
Intellectual property infringement: 74%
12 No. 9
U.S. and foreign supplier or vendor concerns: 75%
13 No. 8
Legal proceedings: 80%
14 No. 6 (Tied)
Inability to attract or retain personnel, including management: 83%Risks associated with international operations: 83%
15 No. 5
Management of current and future M&A or divestitures: 86%
16 No. 4
Changes to federal, state and local regulations, including tax: 88%
17 No. 3
U.S. general economic conditions: 93%
18 No. 1 (Tied)
Failure to develop or market new products or services: 94%Competition and consolidation in technology sector: 94%