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Systemic risk refers to the danger that failures or vulnerabilities in one part of a system trigger cascading effects and widespread disruption across socio-technical or financial systems. The concept examines interdependencies, feedbacks and network structures to inform resilience, early warning and governance measures. It guides architectural and organizat…
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The risk that disruptions or failures in an interconnected system spread and impair the functioning of the whole system.
The term was shaped especially by financial-crisis research and banking supervision, where contagion between institutions became a distinct risk category. It is now also applied to other tightly coupled sociotechnical infrastructures.
Many dependencies can turn a local problem into a cascade: one failure stresses connected nodes, which can intensify the disruption. Analysis and governance therefore examine concentration, coupling, shared dependencies and damping mechanisms.
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The approach directs decisions toward concentration, shared dependencies and damping mechanisms.
Systemic risk helps detect and limit cascades in tightly connected financial, infrastructure or platform ecosystems.
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