Essays about: "insurance sector"

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  1. 31. Subsistence and semi-subsistence farms in Hungary : role, determinants and directions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Melinda Süveg; [2015]
    Keywords : farm household model; Hungary; ; subsistence; ; semi-subsistence; imperfect market; seemingly unrelated regressions; transaction cost;

    Abstract : This study aimed to define and characterise subsistence and semi-subsistence farms (SSFs) in the Hungarian context, with particular attention given to identifying the determinants of their production, labour allocation and market participation decisions. In order to reveal the determining factors of Hungarian SSFs’ market participation and sales decisions for goods and labour, the thesis identified the household’s seven simultaneous decision equations and econometrically estimated them using a 2013 cross-sectional dataset of Hungarian SSFs and the seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) framework. READ MORE

  3. 32. Corporate social responsibility and organizational culture in corporate restructuring : the case of an insurance sector acquisition

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Suvi Hakala; [2015]
    Keywords : Acquistion; Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Finland; insurance sector; merger; organizational culture;

    Abstract : Companies are challenged today due to global turmoil related to economic and social upheaval. Therefore, companies are continuously looking for ways to differentiate and enforce their position in the markets in relation to competitors. READ MORE

  4. 33. Factors affecting crop insurance decision : a survey among Swedish farmers

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Filip Brånstrand; Fredrik Wester; [2014]
    Keywords : crop insurance; risk management; production risk; expected utility theory;

    Abstract : Farmers are constantly facing changes, and the exposure to risk requires monitoring these changes. Financial risks, institutional risks, market risks and production risks are the different risk categories that the farmers face. Production risks stems from factors the farmer cannot affect or is beyond his control. READ MORE

  5. 34. Processing of MODIS Vegetation Indices for analysis of agricultural droughts in the southern Ukraine between the years 2000-2012

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Oleksandr Nekrasov; [2014]
    Keywords : geographic information systems; TVDI; NDVI; agricultural droughts; remote sensing; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; GIS; software development; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In order to better understand impact of extreme weather events on condition of crop vegetation in Ukraine, analysis of agricultural droughts which occurred in the southern region of Ukraine, between years 2000-2012 was conducted in the current research. Method of the research In the current research, the impact of droughts was analyzed on yearly basis by assessing vegetation conditions and comparing it to soil moisture conditions. READ MORE

  6. 35. Social Capital and Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Understanding Informal Sector Participation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kofi Abankwa Akuoko; [2014]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Pursuing Universal Health Care in a developing economy like Ghana is a bold, laudable idea. Given the immutable benefits of Social Health Insurance in this pursuit, the long-term performance of Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) Schemes in developing countries remains a conundrum when viewed from the predominant economic and health system frameworks. READ MORE