Pension fund capitalism in Europe: institutional organisation and governance of Finnish pension insurance companies

Thesis

Pension capital is the single largest block of capital in the global domain of finance and a transformative social force. However, the studies on pension fund capitalism have been geographically limited. Although vast pools of pension capital have been generated outside the Anglo-American institutional environments, we still have little knowledge on the social construction of pension fund capitalism outside that context. The purpose of the study is to develop theoretical-methodological tools ...

Expand abstract

Authors: Sorsa, V

• Publication date: 2011
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Europe; organisation fields; investments; governance; institutional theory; pension funds; pension insurance companies
• Subjects: Europe; Pensions; Geography; Finance; Organisational behaviour