Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961
Author:   Samuel P. Black ,  John Paul Rossi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:  

9780815329152


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 July 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961


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This study explores the development of automobile insurance through the career of one of the industry's entrepreneurs, Samuel P. Black, Jr., and Erie Insurance, the company he helped build. The joint history of Samuel Black and Erie Insurnace, from the early 1920s to 1961, chronicles the development of automobile insurance.

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Author:   Samuel P. Black ,  John Paul Rossi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780815329152


ISBN 10:   0815329156
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Entrepreneurship—Theory and Practice 1 CHAPTER 2 The Motor Age 37 CHAPTER 3 Getting Ahead 59 CHAPTER 4 The Romance of Claims 81 CHAPTER 5 “Push This Thing Along”: The Rise of Erie Insurance 99 CHAPTER 6 The Challenge of the Depression 127 CHAPTER 7 Adversity and Innovation 163 CHAPTER 8 Sales, World War II, and Managing the Northwest Territories 197 CHAPTER 9 Underwriting and Problems of Growth 231 CHAPTER 10 Questions of Strategy and Rewards CHAPTER 11 Epilogue - Samuel P. Black Jr Bibliogrpahy Appendices Index

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Samuel P. Black is one of the pioneers of automobile insurance companies. John Paul Rossi is in the Department of Human and Social Sciences at Penn State University.

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