| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Convergence-Divergence Within Strategic Groups -- From Crisis to Opportunity: How Market Shocks Impact Interfirm Rivalry -- Performance Effects of Corporate Divestiture Programs -- Discussion and Conclusion |
| Summary |
Annotation This thesis investigates the competitive dynamics in the global insurance industry from 1999 to 2008. After reviewing the current state of the academic debate on interfirm rivalry, it derives a research agenda spanning different levels of analysis and phenomena of interest. Specifically, the thesis explores (1) how and why firms continuously adjust their strategic profiles in the presence of an industry's strategic group structure, (2) whether market shocks (namely 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina) temporarily change the decision-logic underlying competitive choices, and (3) whether stock markets respond differently to competitive moves that follow a clearly stated strategic rationale |
| Analysis |
Economics |
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Economics/Management Science |
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Insurance |
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economie |
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bedrijfswetenschap |
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management science |
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verzekering |
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Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General) |
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Economics (General) |
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Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen) |
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Economie (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Ph. D. University of St. Gallen 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Competition
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Competition
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| Genre/Form |
masters theses.
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theses.
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dissertations.
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doctoral dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783834939920 |
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3834939927 |
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