Purpose – This paper aims to answer the question of whether the incorporation of corporate governance into the Companies and Allied Matters Act ( CAMA ) and Insurance Act enhance the effectiveness of the boards of insurance companies in Nigeria? Design/methodology/approach – The researcher's...

Purpose – In the service sector, reduction of cycle time is one of the key issues. Among various approaches, Lean Six Sigma became very popular as it provides the organisation the desired speed with quality. The purpose of this paper is to present a Lean Six Sigma case study for reducing cycle...

В статье обосновывается необходимость оценки платежеспособности страховых компаний для анализа их финансовой устойчивости и эффективности страховой...

в статье изложены предложения по совершенствованию действующей системы регулирования минимального размера уставного капитала страховых организаций,...

The mandatory car insurance market is becoming a significant one in value and a highly competitive one. Every individual and organization owning a vehicle must pay the yearly mandatory car insurance. In this paper we aimed to identify marketing approaches used by companies offering mandatory car...

La precipitación con la que se originó la crisis financiera en los Estados Unidos y su contagio al resto de las economías del mundo ha llevado a analistas y políticos a enfrascarse en la discusión de las soluciones para recuperar prontamente el sendero del crecimiento y el bienestar y...

We study the behavior of private pension funds as large depositors in a banking system. Using panel data analysis, we examine whether, and if so how, pension funds influence market discipline in Argentina in the period 1998-2001. We find evidence that pension funds exert market discipline and...

Purpose – The management and the control of knowledge‐intensive organizations have recently been subject to empirical studies. Much of the literature suggests that management control, defined and operationalized in a variety of ways and examined within different traditions, in essence...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the relationships among the flexibility enablers and to prepare a hierarchy of these enablers to know their influences over each other in global supply chain. The framework suggests that the priority of enablers in supply chain...

The process of action learning‐based training of managers in the field staff of the UK division of the Prudential Assurance Company is described, covering its introduction, acceptance and subsequent evolution. The programme undertaken is assessed, including examples of success and failure. The...