Sober business
Shared value creation between the insurance industry and the temperance movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8420239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann-Kristin Bergquist (0000-0003-1087-9656, Umeå University, corresponding author), Liselotte Eriksson (0000-0003-2591-6579, Umeå University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 322-342 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2017.1380627 |
| OpenAlex | W2761910639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study examines how the Swedish insurance company Ansvar established and expended an international business from the 1930s to the 1990s with the motives to insure total abstainers while battling against alcohol abuse in society. Anvar represented a for-profit business that aimed at addressing social issues. The case provides a historical example of how shared value was created between the company and the temperance movement for the joint goal of improving society through temperance. The article argues that the company’s decline was due to changing values, where alcohol was no longer seen as a threat to society
Actuarial science · Business · Corporate social responsibility · Creating shared value · Economics · Industrial organization · Insurance industry · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Profit (economics · Public relations · Value (mathematics · Value creation · Marketing · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |