Successful business strategies for insurers entering and growing in emerging markets

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-129

  Berry Stölzle, Thomas R ^a   Hoyt, Robert E ^a   Wende, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversification; Emerging markets; Growth; Insurance company operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149103912     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2009.35     Document Type: Article

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