Title: Technical change and product innovation in the U.K. life assurance industry - 1965 to 1985
Description: This thesis examines an industry in which there have been profound changes over the twenty years from 1965. A number of important developments are identified and discussed.
There is a focus on product innovation and a discussion of the changing nature and sophisication of products. An understanding of the meaning of "technical change" in economic theory is expanded. Other areas include, the relationship between technology and product innovation, technology and productivity, and the diffusion of technology. It is a recent business history with a focus on technology but also deals with the theory of competition.