Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance
Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance
An Overview of the History and Theory
This introductory chapter provides an overview of the development of organizations in insurance worldwide from the origins of the industry to the present day and summarizes the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on this topic. It describes the research project that underpins this book, outlines the content of the contributing chapters and points to some conclusions about organizational choice that have a wider relevance for modern theory.
Keywords: insurance history, corporate forms, agency theory, mutual insurance, joint-stock corporations, insurance regulation
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