Governance, Decision Architecture & Complexity Systems
ERX Research explores governance architecture, sequencing dynamics, and decision coordination across complex financial and organizational systems. Current areas of focus include Sequence of Decisions Risk, Solution-Cascade Risk, governance coordination, and AI-era Decision Architecture.
Working Papers
Michael J. Giongo
SSRN Working Paper Series · 2026
A conceptual framework introducing Sequence of Decisions Risk as a governance model for sequencing failure, coordination breakdown, and outcome divergence across complex financial and organizational systems.
Sequence of Decisions Risk in Practice: Solution-Cascade Risk and Governance Architecture in Complex Financial Planning
Michael Giongo, Marie Ann Giongo & Michael Giongo
SSRN Working Paper Series · 2026
A framework examining how technically correct financial planning decisions may still produce materially inferior outcomes when executed in suboptimal sequence across interconnected planning systems. The paper expands Sequence of Decisions Risk into applied governance architecture, emphasizing coordination failure, implementation timing, leverage interaction, and multi-domain dependency management in complex financial planning.