Abstract
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the three largest life insurance companies had a presence in more than forty countries. In the 1880s they turned their attention to the Australian colonies, in which life insurance markets were expanding. The venture, however, was met with unexpected market resistance, and the expectations of the Big Three were never fully met. An eclectic paradigm provides an explanatory tool, which is applied to an investigation of the experiences of American companies. These companies were not able to realize the ownership and location, or internalize the advantages, needed to build a sustainable presence in the Australian life insurance market.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
History,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Reference50 articles.
1. AMP, Sydney.
2. Sunday Times , 1889.
3. Sydney Morning Herald , 1889.
4. Australasian Insurance and Banking Record (AIBR), 1879–1905.
Cited by
4 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
1. Global Hosts;Palgrave Studies in Economic History;2022
2. Innovation and Competition;Palgrave Studies in Economic History;2022
3. Why Did They Come?;Palgrave Studies in Economic History;2022
4. The Spread of the Multinational Economy, 1871–1914;Palgrave Studies in Economic History;2022