Organisational capabilities and the role of routines in the emergence of a modern life insurer: The story of the AMP

Business History

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-267

  Keneley, M J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian life insurance; M form; Organisational change; U form

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SPECIALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67650303125     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790902726608     Document Type: Article

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