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- Larsson, Mats, 1953-, et al.
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Samverkan och konkurrens inom svensk försäkring
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Ingår i: Folksam 1908-2008. Volym 2. Mer än endast försäkring. - Stockholm : Informationsförlaget. - 9789177365891 ; , s. 179-209
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- Olsson, Mikael, et al.
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Building the Baltic Sea Region through investment and trade, 1989-2009
- 2017
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Some twenty years after the fall of the communist dictatorships that divided the European continent the European Union in late 2009 adopted its first ever macroregional strategy – the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The strategy was a symbolic second milestone with regard to the political endeavours to reintegrate the continent; the first being the 2004 enlargement. Having transformed the Baltic Sea from a Mare Dividum to a European Mare Nostrum is indeed also a sign of the success of such integrative political processes. However, at the same time the perceived need for a specific strategy in order to further and deepen the integration and reduce the economic gaps within the European Union gives an indication that there is more to be wished for with regard to this region.It has been suggested that regionalism is defined “as an economic process whereby economic flows grow more rapidly among a given group of states [in the same region] than between these states and those located elsewhere”. In this paper we thus approach the economic underpinnings for the Baltic Sea Region by analysing the developments with regard to investment and trade flows during the last twenty years.We ask ourselves whether these developments are in congruence with the notion of the building of one integrated region and whether it makes economic sense to talk about a Baltic Sea Region? For example, to what extent have the developments with regard to foreign direct investments proved sustainable? What sectors are leading the way and which are lagging? What divisions remain to be tackled? These are some of the questions that this paper attempts to address based upon a thorough analysis of the existing sources with regard to trade and investment flows.
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- Larsson, Mats, 1953-, et al.
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Omvandlingar : Försäkringsbolaget Skandia 1990-2016
- 2019
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Skandia har stått i centrum för försäkringsbranschens utveckling sedan bolaget bildades 1855. Dessutom har bolaget omvandlat sig själv vid upprepade tillfällen inte minst under 1900-talets slut.Den här boken handlar främst om de senaste 30 åren i Skandias historia. En tid då omvandlingarna varit större än tidigare. Skandia gick in i 1990-talet som ett starkt inhemskt bolag med omfattande verksamhet på den nordiska marknaden och en bred närvaro internationellt. Under de följande decennierna genomgick Skandia flera grundläggande förändringar som omvandlade bolagets produkter, ägande, kundkrets och ekonomiska situation. Det är denna historia som författarna Mats Larsson och Mikael Lönnborg berättar, med utgångspunkt i ett omfattande och unikt arkivmaterial på Centrum för Näringslivshistoria och ett stort antal intervjuer med de personer som spelat en betydande roll i omvandlingarna.
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- Lönnborg, Mikael
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Internationalisering av svenska försäkringsbolag : Drivkrafter, organisering och utveckling 1855-1913
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation analyses the driving forces behind the organising and development of Swedish insurance firms business abroad. It contains an investigation of all insurance branches with interests in the international insurance market (except marine insurance companies). The historical process of internationalisation was initiated at the same time as the foundation of the first joint stock insurance firm, Skandia, in 1855. The internationalisation began with reinsurance contracts with major European insurance companies with business in Sweden. To compensate for reduced premium income, through reinsurance, the contracts had a tendency to become mutual, which meant that the Swedish firms in a early phase of their development exposed themselves to foreign insurance risks. The insurance firms also started general agencies abroad, initially in the Nordic Countries, but over time they conducted business further away from the domestic market. The main incentive for internationalisation, both through reinsurance and direct insurance abroad, was that it was a way for the insurance firms to diversify their portfolios, develop a sound risk management, secure long-term survival and also diversify their income through time and space. The internationalisation process was, however, different in different branches; fire insurance firms deepened their commitments abroad, while firms in thebranches of life, accident and minor insurance had to abandon this strategy and instead concentrated their business to Sweden. The financial capacity of the firms engaged abroad became more important over time. The larger firms also needed a broader context for their portfolios to avoid a too high rate of risk exposure. Hence, larger fire insurance firms maintained and also extended their international business, while smaller firms were forced to adopt and/or preferred a domestic profile for their business. Furthermore, differences ininstitutional constraints, path-dependence and organisational structures were contributing factors behind the internationalisation of the Swedish insurance firms.
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- Larsson, Mats, 1953-, et al.
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"Same, same but different" : Trust, Confidence and Governance Among Swedish Mutual Insurance Companies
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Ingår i: Managing Hybrid Organizations. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783319954851 - 9783319954868 ; , s. 49-72
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For more than a century, mutual insurers have dominated the Swedish insurance market. Independent of the historical roots and traditions, companies that sell life and other (non-life) forms of insurance have chosen the mutual organizational form. We focus on two different mutual insurers—Folksam and Länsförsäkringar—in decoding their historical roots, governance and management structure. Our focus is on the differences and similarities with special attention to customer’s participation in governance. The chapter shows that it is indeed possible to organize successful hybrid organizations with longevity and that the state’s role in the process is vital but not always a precondition for successful development of hybrid firms. In addition, the chapter also shows that it is difficult to include customers/owners in the governance of these firms and that there exist many different options for creating such systems.
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