Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry

Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry

This study aflempts to measure the productivity of the life insurance industry by employing the non-parametric Malmquist Index approach. The finding shows that despite the productivity growth in the insurance industry, it is relatively low compared to the real economic growth experienced by Malaysia...

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Main Authors: Shazali Abu Mansor, Alias Radam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/
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spelling ukm-77932016-12-14T06:45:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/ Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry Shazali Abu Mansor, Alias Radam, This study aflempts to measure the productivity of the life insurance industry by employing the non-parametric Malmquist Index approach. The finding shows that despite the productivity growth in the insurance industry, it is relatively low compared to the real economic growth experienced by Malaysia. Like the manufacturing sector, the future growth of this industry would depend on its ability to compete efficiently. Being able to provide service in an efficient way would be an important source of comparative advantage under the era of globalization. The results also suggest that both technical efficiency and technical progress contribute to the overall productivity growth of the industry. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/1/2387-4793-1-SM.pdf Shazali Abu Mansor, and Alias Radam, (2000) Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 34 . pp. 93-105. ISSN 0127-1962 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jem.htm
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description This study aflempts to measure the productivity of the life insurance industry by employing the non-parametric Malmquist Index approach. The finding shows that despite the productivity growth in the insurance industry, it is relatively low compared to the real economic growth experienced by Malaysia. Like the manufacturing sector, the future growth of this industry would depend on its ability to compete efficiently. Being able to provide service in an efficient way would be an important source of comparative advantage under the era of globalization. The results also suggest that both technical efficiency and technical progress contribute to the overall productivity growth of the industry.
format Article
author Shazali Abu Mansor,
Alias Radam,
spellingShingle Shazali Abu Mansor,
Alias Radam,
Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
author_facet Shazali Abu Mansor,
Alias Radam,
author_sort Shazali Abu Mansor,
title Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
title_short Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
title_full Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
title_fullStr Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
title_full_unstemmed Productivity and efficiency performance of the Malaysian life insurance industry
title_sort productivity and efficiency performance of the malaysian life insurance industry
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2000
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7793/1/2387-4793-1-SM.pdf
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