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Title	Organic growth and shareholder value: a case study of the insurance industry
Authors	Kling, G., Ghobadian, A. and O'Regan, N.
Abstract	This paper examines organic growth and its impact on shareholder value creation. At a conceptual level, organic and external growth are readily defined; yet, at a practical level, decomposing revenue growth into its constituent elements presents methodological challenges. We develop a method to decompose revenue growth into organic growth, external growth, exchange rate effects, and under- or outperformance. Using extensive data from three insurance companies, AXA, Generali and ING, we analyzed the period from 1995 to 2005. Exchange rate effects were of minor importance, unless companies entered markets at inopportune times. Primarily, the findings indicate that only organic revenue growth enhanced shareholder value. Therefore, managers should focus on marketing as a key driver of organic growth to create value.
Journal	International Journal of Research in Marketing
Journal citation	26 (4), pp. 276-283
ISSN	0167-8116
Year	Dec 2009
Publisher	Elsevier
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2009.08.002
Published	Dec 2009

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