The future of insurance industry in Italy: Determinants of competitiveness in the 2000s

Futures

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 417-434

  Petroni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Insurance industry; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 0034073565     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(99)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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