Towards an historical model of services innovation: The case of the insurance industry, 1700-1914

Economic History Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-256

  Pearson, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORICAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

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EID: 0031436354     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00053     Document Type: Review

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