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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"professional service firms"”.
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An exploration of architectural innovation in professional service firms
… provides a competitive advantage. Components in professional service firms are the expertise areas in which the firms have developed proficiency or those in which they plan to develop it. Competitive advantage in professional service firms is related to the capacity of the firm to add continuing …
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Change Readiness Influences on Knowledge Management Processes: A Case of Three Professional Service Firms
… demand for better and innovative products and services. In this challenging environment, the need for developing and managing knowledge transcends the importance of accumulating physical capital. With an increasing awareness of the potential of knowledge as a competitive source for firms’ …
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Local-global geographies of tacit knowledge production in London and New York's advertising and law professional service firms
… in the employees of global advertising and law professional service firms operating in London and New York City. It begins by critically engaging with theories of knowledge, learning and their geographies to develop a spatially sensitive approach to examine learning. Such an analysis is then …
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Fairness, trust and motivation in Profit Sharing Systems within German law firms. A qualitative analysis of law firm partner needs in a peer-to-peer context
In professional partnerships, partners have to agree how to split their income between each other. Such a profit sharing system (PSS) must be perceived as being fair and motivating to ensure the enduring success of the partnership. Surprisingly, quite different systems are in use today in otherwise …
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How members of high identity demand organizations perform identity work relating to organization membership
… as the referent for identity work. Taking large professional service firms (PSF) as high identity demand organizations, this study explores: how identity work on the social identity is conducted from within multiple identity positions; how identity work responses are combined to address the …
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Creating multi-stakeholder value by leveraging high performance work practices: an intellectual capital perspective
… the value-creation goals of the contemporary Professional Service Firms (PSFs). The ever-increasing acceptance of High-Performance-Work-Practices (HPWPs) and their robust influence on organization’s Intellectual Capital (IC) makes it pertinent for the scholars to further evaluate and enrich …
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Governing the human capitalists : ownership and authority in the advertising and airline industries
… by employees in the ownership and governance of firms. This thesis explores aspects of these claims by analyzing the competitive effects of the allocation of ownership and authority in ad agencies and airlines. Essays 1 and 2 analyze the organizational history of the advertising industry to …
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Understanding account management in professional services relationships. Conceptualising a value framework of account management from client and professional perspective in the audit, tax and management consultancy industry.
Professionals take centre stage in the delivery of professional services and the role of account management has received little research attention. This thesis concerns the value of account management in professional service relationships in the audit, tax and management consultancy industry, …
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What future worlds of work do women executives aspire to and how might they be accomplished?: an exploratory study within banking and professional service companies in London and New York
… through a futures study within the banking and professional services industries, in which, despite over 30 years of organisational initiatives, legislation, research and social change, there are few women in executive positions. During the course of the study fifty women working mainly in London …
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Strategic leadership of architectural firms in Ireland: The role of emotion management and innovation
… the strategic leadership of architectural firms in Ireland. It examines the role of emotion management (a component of emotional intelligence) and innovation in architecture firms. This thesis uses both qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative approach uses a series of nine …
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Outsourcing, offshoring and the US office market
… significantly lower demand for US office space. Professional service firms are major users of office space and these firms are increasingly dependent on IT in nearly every aspect of their business. Due to its technical nature and expense, these industries routinely outsource and/or offshore both …
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A design science approach to developing and determining web site quality dimensions for the public accounting profession
Public Accounting (PA) firms play an important role in both the local and the international business environment. Their accounting and business services functions cut across organisations, sectors and industries. Like other professional service firms, PA firms are becoming concerned about the World …
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Relational strategy, business scope, and firm performance: evidence from supplier-client relationships in knowledge-based services
… and business scope of knowledge-based service firms (“suppliers”) that build deeply embedded exchange relationships with their clients. Prior research in the relational view has revealed the potential for firms to gain advantages (but also to become exposed to hazards) through close …