Title :
The Isomorphic Development of Insurance
Author :
Lai, Kuei-Kuei ; Weng, Calvin S.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Yunlin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Yunlin
Abstract :
In insurance industry, difference companies come to share similar technological bases of process. They not only share the same financial knowledge, but also utilize similar actuarial techniques to design products and assess insurable risks. This paper proposed an approach to look at the phenomenon of isomorphism of technological development in insurance. The result of this research also found the technological isomorphism in insurance already occurs. The contribution of this paper is to introduce the social network analysis into patent citations to foresee the technological development.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; financial management; technology management; financial knowledge; insurance industry; insurance isomorphic development; patent citations; social network analysis; technological development; technological isomorphism; Citation analysis; Companies; Costs; Data processing; Economic indicators; Insurance; Intellectual property; Product design; Social implications of technology; Social network services;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland International Center for
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-8908-4315-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-8908-4315-1
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349480
