Essays about: "innovation in Insurance"

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  1. 21. Do Acquisition Announcements Have an Effect on the Acquiring Firm’s Credit Default Swap Spread?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2012-04-26]
    Keywords : Credit Default Swaps; Event Study; Mergers Acquisition; Information Content; Efficient Market Hypothesis;

    Abstract : Credit Default Swaps are a recent financial innovation that allow bond owners to minimize their credit risk exposure by purchasing an insurance on the bonds in their portfolio. By paying a quarterly fee to the protection seller, normally a financial institution, the protection insures that incase the issuer of bonds is unable to pay its interest; they will not lose any of their investment. READ MORE

  3. 22. Study of Competitiveness : A Case Study of DHL

    University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Ji Liu; Yuanyuan Wen; [2012]
    Keywords : competitive advantages; competitive disadvantages; external and internal analysis; DHL; SWOT analysis;

    Abstract : Aim: This study deals with two research questions: RQ1: What competitive advantages does DHL gain from external and internal factors? RQ2: What competitive disadvantage does DHL have? And what DHL can learn from analyzing competitive disadvantage? Method: primary data for this research has been mainly collected through interviews. Moreover, the official reports are used as secondary data to present the empirical situation of DHL. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Relationship Between Business Strategy and Project Strategy in Innovation Projects

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Hedieh Yousefi Zadeh; Mei Ching Wan; [2008]
    Keywords : Strategy; Project Strategy; Project; Strategy Alignment; IT;

    Abstract : This report is a case study with the aim of examining the link between business strategy and the strategy of projects. The field of project management in strategy of projects and their link to the strategy of parent company has yet to be explored. READ MORE

  5. 24. Punitive Damages in American Products Liability Litigation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Winslow; [2002]
    Keywords : Komparativ rätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Depicting the American system of products liability in general and punitive damages in particular as bizarre is unlikely to offend anybody. People unable to provide their own anecdotal evidence of exactly how twisted the system is are hard to find. READ MORE