Bill DeMartino, managing director for the Americas with Riskmethods, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting risk-management strategies, and whether companies were ready for the disruption that it has caused.

Daniel Hartnett, associate managing director of the Compliance Risk & Diligence Practice of Kroll, advises on the steps that pharmaceutical companies should take to reduce the risk of dealing with third parties, as they develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Paul Asel, managing partner with NGP Capital, offers a venture capital perspective on the current state and long-term promise of the logistics industry.

Isabelle Glimcher, a fellow at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, recommends six steps that government procurement officials should be taking to prevent workers’ rights abuses by suppliers.

Andi Gray, president of Strategy Leaders, describes the plight of small businesses in the pandemic and economic downturn, and emphasizes their importance in a 21^st Century economy.

Suresh Acharya, Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, lays out the challenges of creating an end-to-end supply chain that can produce and distribute millions of doses of a vaccine for COVID-19.

Theo Smid, economist with trade credit insurer Atradius, discusses the results of the firm’s recent forecast of corporate insolvencies for 2020.

Rosemary Coates, executive director of The Reshoring Institute, explains why the coronavirus pandemic might finally be the crisis that drives manufacturers to shift production from China back to the U.S.

Patrick Thielen, senior vice president of financial lines with Chubb, explains why malware attacks are on the rise, and what manufacturers must do to protect their people and systems from cyber criminals.

Ann Marie Uetz, head of the coronavirus task force with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, discusses the results of a pair of surveys about how executives are responding to supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and rising geopolitical tensions.