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Invisible, Visible and 'Direct' Hands: An Institutional Interpretation of Organisational Structure and Change in British General Insurance

Category: Ionian History
Type: Article
Book Title: Η ασφάλιση των γαλαξειδιώτικων πλοίων
Author: Westall M. Oliver
Editor: Kiraly K. Bela
Journal: Business History
Pages: 44-66
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Library catalog: Wilson Library, University of Minnesota
Date: October 1997
Language: English

Abstract:

[44] The history of British general insurance provides a fascinating laboratory in which to explore ideas drawn from the 'new institutional' and evolutionary economics. ... Both approaches emphasise information as a determining element in industrial organisation and insurance has always depended particularly on the transmission and processing of information. ....


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