Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961Routledge, 2019 M09 30 - 304 páginas Entrepreneurs play a central role in economic growth and development, but how they do so is the subject of considerable debate. This book explains that process through an historical case study of an automobile insurance entrepreneur, Samuel P. Black, Jr., and Erie Insurance, the company he helped build. It also recounts the largely untold history of American automobile insurance. |
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... competition" in the insurance industry. The. Contemporary. Relevance. of. Entrepreneurship. This study, however, has implications far beyond Sam Black's career and that of the company he helped build. One of the central questions ...
... competitive advantage for the firm in an indus- try dominated by much larger , stronger and wealthier rivals . Applying his entrepreneurial talents to insurance underwriting ( risk assessment and the design of insurance policies ) ...
... competition " in the insurance industry . THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP This study , however , has implications far beyond Sam Black's career and that of the company he helped build . One of the central questions con ...
... competition and the difficulties involved in successfully manag- ing a business , the entrepreneur ran risks . " There is a chance of failure , " noted the French economist , and the entrepreneur " may without any fault of his own ...
... competition and adaption , " the gains of successful innovation would be lost as the industry reorganized . Other firms ... competitive struggle ensued . This caused production increases , price declines , and ultimately ended the com ...
Contenido
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Getting Ahead | 59 |
The Romance of Claims | 81 |
Push This Thing Along The Rise of Erie Insurance | 99 |
The Challenge of the Depression | 127 |
Adversity and Innovation | 163 |
Sales World War II and Managing the Northwest Territories | 197 |
Underwriting And Problems of Growth | 231 |
Questions of Strategy and Rewards | 265 |
Epilogue Samuel P Black Jr Entrepreneurship and Erie Insurance 19611997 | 305 |
Bibliography | 319 |
Appendices | 335 |
Index | 349 |
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr ... Samuel Patton Black,John Paul Rossi Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr ... Samuel P. Black,John Paul Rossi Sin vista previa disponible - 2020 |