TY - JOUR
T1 - Firm Survival: An Empirical Study Concerning Insurance Agencies
AU - Lippi, Andrea
AU - Barbieri, Laura
AU - Bosoni, Ernestina
AU - Fellegara, Anna Maria
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper analyzes the relevance of firm size, region, sales network, organizational structure, and auditing on the survival likelihood of a specific firm typology, the insurance agency. By applying a configurational comparative method, namely fuzzy-set qualitative analysis (fsQCA), to a unique dataset of 52 insurance agents,
representing 52 active Italian insurance agencies, this study demonstrates that, when combined with other variables, organizational structure provides sufficient conditions for insurance agency survival. The different relevance of some specific management areas according to the insurance agency location is highlighted.
AB - This paper analyzes the relevance of firm size, region, sales network, organizational structure, and auditing on the survival likelihood of a specific firm typology, the insurance agency. By applying a configurational comparative method, namely fuzzy-set qualitative analysis (fsQCA), to a unique dataset of 52 insurance agents,
representing 52 active Italian insurance agencies, this study demonstrates that, when combined with other variables, organizational structure provides sufficient conditions for insurance agency survival. The different relevance of some specific management areas according to the insurance agency location is highlighted.
KW - survival, insurance agency, fsQCA, configurational comparative methods, firm’s management areas
KW - survival, insurance agency, fsQCA, configurational comparative methods, firm’s management areas
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/143560
U2 - 10.5539/ijbm.v14n11p101
DO - 10.5539/ijbm.v14n11p101
M3 - Article
SN - 1833-3850
VL - 14
SP - 101
EP - 108
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
ER -