Reputation Diversification And Organizational Explanations Of Performance In Professional Service Firms

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Reputation, Diversification and Organizational Explanations of Performance in Professional Service Firms

Author : Royston Greenwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Reputation, Diversification and Organizational Explanations of Performance in Professional Service Firms written by Royston Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing interest in knowledge as a competitive asset suggests the benefit of studying professional service firms (PSFs). These firms are highly successful examples of organizations whose ability to manage knowledge is critical to their success. Furthermore, they are worthy of study because they constitute a significant sector of the economy, whether measured by their size, numbers, or influence. Despite their significance, little is known of the determinants of their performance. This paper proposes that the core tasks of PSFs raise unusual strategic and organizational challenges, the resolution of which affects organizational performance. We elaborate the effects of reputation and diversification and contrast them to theory for goods-producing industries. We also hypothesize that PSF managers face a choice in designing structures between the retention and motivation of the professional workforce and transferring knowledge from partners to other professionals. These predictions are tested and supported by data from the largest 100 U.S. accounting firms for the period 1991-2000. The paper thus contributes to a theory of professional service firm management.

The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms

Author : Laura Empson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191504939
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms written by Laura Empson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades the Professional Service Firm (PSF) sector has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing, profitable, and significant in the global economy. In 2013 the accountancy, management consulting, legal, and architectural sectors alone generated revenues of US$ 1.6 trillion and employed 14 million people. PSFs play an important role in developing human capital, creating innovative business services, reshaping government institutions, establishing and interpreting the rules of financial markets, and setting legal, accounting and other professional standards. The study of PSFs can offer insights into the contemporary challenges facing organizations within the knowledge economy, and deepen understanding of more conventional organizations. Despite their significance, however, PSFs have until recently remained very much in the shadows of organizational and management research. The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms marks the coming of age of PSF scholarship with a comprehensive and integrative exploration of current research and thinking on PSFs, featuring contributions from internationally renowned scholars in the fields of organizational and management studies. It is divided into three distinct sections - the professions, the firms, and the professionals that work within them - and covers subjects from governance and leadership to regulation, entrepreneurship, and diversity. Bringing together a broad range of empirical and theoretical perspectives, the Handbook offers many potentially important insights into the contemporary challenges of organizations in the knowledge economy and suggests new lines of inquiry that may shed further light on the activities and performance of PSFs and the professionals who work within them.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Professional service firms

Author : Michael Lounsbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0762313021
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (623 download)

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Performance in Professional Service Firms

Author : Felix Schulze-Borges
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3834961671
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (349 download)

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Book Synopsis Performance in Professional Service Firms by : Felix Schulze-Borges

Download or read book Performance in Professional Service Firms written by Felix Schulze-Borges and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Felix Schulze-Borges entwickelt ein fundiertes Performanceverständnis für Professional Service Firms und bettet dieses thematisch in das strategische Management ein. Um die Performance für das Management handhabbar zu machen, identifiziert er deren zentrale Determinanten und integriert diese anhand ihrer Wirkungszusammenhänge in ein entsprechendes Performance-Management-System.

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Reputation

Author : Michael L. Barnett
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019163493X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Reputation by : Michael L. Barnett

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Reputation written by Michael L. Barnett and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to have a "good" or "bad" reputation? How does it create or destroy value, or shape chances to pursue particular opportunities? Where do reputations come from? How do we measure them? How do we build and manage them? Over the last twenty years the answers to these questions have become increasingly important-and increasingly problematic-for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the creation, management, and role of reputation in corporate life. This Handbook intends to bring definitional clarity to these issues, giving an account of extant research and theory and offering guidance about where scholarship on corporate reputation might most profitably head. Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines, such as management, sociology, economics, finance, history, marketing, and psychology, have contributed chapters to provide state of the art definitions of corporate reputation; differentiate reputation from other constructs and intangible assets; offer guidance on measuring reputation; consider the role of reputation as a corporate asset and how a variety of factors, including stage of life, nation of origin, and the stakeholders considered affect its ability to create value; and explore corporate reputation's role more broadly as a regulatory mechanism. Finally, they also discuss how to manage and grow reputations, as well as repair them when they are damaged. In discussing these issues this Handbook aims to move the field of corporate reputation research forward by demonstrating where the field is now, addressing some of the perpetual problems of definition and differentiation, and suggesting future research directions.

Handbook of Service Business

Author : John R. Bryson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781000417
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Service Business written by John R. Bryson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Service business accounts for more than 75 per cent of the wealth and employment created in most developed market economies. The management and economics of service business is based around selling expertise, knowledge and experiences. This Handbook co

Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness

Author : João J. M. Ferreira
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317509587
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness by : João J. M. Ferreira

Download or read book Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness written by João J. M. Ferreira and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research interest in the service sector has boomed in recent years as deindustrialisation became entrenched. Instead of being regarded as merely supplementary to traditional industry and manufacturing, services have generated progressively rising levels of growth in developed economies while at the same time coming to be recognised as major drivers of innovation. Among the factors which have helped service companies notch up swifter growth rates than all other sectors are the outsourcing of such services by other sectors, including the development of information and communication technologies, and changes to the regulatory, legal and market frameworks as well as globalisation and internationalisation. The result is a cluster of highly innovative firms which can loosely be grouped under the heading of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS). Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness charts the development of these firms and explores their success through four mutually linked parts: KIBS and industrial dynamics; KIBS and their context; KIBS and their contribution to regional competitiveness and economic development; and finally, KIBS and public policy. This book is suitable for researchers and policy makers interested in the rise of these influential actors and their influence on regional competitiveness.

Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources

Author : Brüggemann, Stefan
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466608951
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources by : Brüggemann, Stefan

Download or read book Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources written by Brüggemann, Stefan and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collaborative working has been increasingly viewed as a good practice for organizations to achieve efficiency. Organizations that work well in collaboration may have access to new sources of funding, deliver new, improved, and more integrated services, make savings on shared costs, and exchange knowledge, information and expertise. Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks and Knowledge Resources showcases cutting-edge research on the intersections of Semantic Web, collaborative work, and social media research, exploring how the resources of so-called social networking applications, which bring people together to interact and encourage sharing of personal information and ideas, can be tapped by Semantic Web techniques, making shared Web contents readable and processable for machine and intelligent applications, as well as humans. Semantic technologies have shown their potential for integrating valuable knowledge, and they are being applied to the composition of digital learning and working platforms. Integrated semantic applications, linked data, social networks, and networked digital solutions can now be used in collaborative environments and present participants with the context-aware information that they need.

Corporate Social in Emerging Economies

Author : Cosmina Lelia Voinea
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351621955
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Corporate Social in Emerging Economies written by Cosmina Lelia Voinea and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last few decades, emerging markets have increased their share in world GDP and have come to play a prominent and growing role in global business. Their period of impressive growth was triggered by major global advances such as economic liberalization and governance reforms and deregulation. As governments and policy makers have permitted global competition from the more advanced, developed world, the prospect of millions of consumers in developing countries not only encourages locals to start businesses, but also appeals to multinational enterprises overseas. The growing presence of emerging markets on the world stage has not been left unnoticed and many investors have contributed significant amounts of capital with the hope of receiving major financial gains. In this context, emerging markets are particularly facing sustainability challenges due to their fast growing pace and fuzzy or inexistent sustainability regulations. Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Economies represents a realistic critical overview of the state of affairs of CSR in the context of an emerging economy. It is an accessible and comprehensive diagnostic point of reference for the academic world as well as for policy makers. The topic of CSR is highly relevant for the business world and a challenging subject for the theory and literature. This is a unique book that offers new empirical insights for policy makers and scholars of the fields of CSR, Business Ethics, Organizational Studies and related disciplines

The Routledge Companion to Talent Management

Author : Ibraiz Tarique
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315474697
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Talent Management written by Ibraiz Tarique and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of Talent Management has grown and advanced exponentially over the past several years as organizations, large and small, public and private, global and domestic, have realized that to gain and sustain a global competitive advantage, they must manage their talents effectively. Talent Management has become a major theoretical and empirical topic of intellectual curiosity from various disciplinary perspectives, such as human resource management, arts and entertainment management, international management, etc. This Companion is an indispensable source that provides an authoritative, in-depth, and comprehensive examination of emerging Talent Management topics. Divided into five thematic sections that provide a unique overarching structure to organize forty-one chapters written by leading and renowned international scholars, this Companion assesses essential knowledge, trends, debates, and avenues for future research in a single volume: Evolution and Conceptualization of Talent Management; The External Context of Talent Management; The Internal Context of Talent Management; Individuals, Workforce, and Processes of Talent Management; and Outcomes of Talent Management. In this way, the Companion is essential reading for anyone involved in the scholarly study of Talent Management, including academic researchers, advanced postgraduate and graduate students, and management consultants. For further debate on Talent Management, readers might be interested in the supplementary volume Contemporary Talent Management: A Research Companion, sold separately.

Interest Group Organisation in the European Union

Author : Michelle Hollman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351245643
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Interest Group Organisation in the European Union written by Michelle Hollman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The investigation of the internal workings of interest groups opens the view on the behavioural dynamics within these organisations. By analysing their intraorganisational structures, this book explains how groups prepare to become active in the European Union and why we observe contact, conflict and cooperation of interest groups and other political actors in the European arena. The book presents four causal mechanisms which explain, on the one hand, why interest groups engage with contacts across a diverse set of political actors and, on the other hand, why some interest organisations are more actionable at the European level than others. It furthermore elaborates a typology of interest groups along intraorganisational criteria. The analysis of twelve differing case studies provides a rich empirical ground to explain how and why certain intraorganisational processes unfold within interest groups. It thereby sheds light on the behavioural organisational patterns which drive interest group agency in European multi-level politics. This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of interest groups, lobbying, European Union politics and more broadly to public policy/administration and comparative politics.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors

Author : Bob Reinalda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317042247
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors by : Bob Reinalda

Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors written by Bob Reinalda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do non-state actors matter in international relations? This volume recognizes three types of non-state actor: non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and transnational corporations. It illustrates how they play roles alongside nation-states and are interrelated in matters of international regulation and coordination. After an introductory part on current qualitative and quantitative sources, this comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art essays is comprised of four main thematic parts: Part II examines actors other than governments, such as transnational religious actors, business representatives and experts, and also parliamentarians and agencies set up by IGOs. Part III studies the perceptions and understandings in political philosophy, international law and international relations theory. It questions concepts used (civil society, NGO, governance) and covers the limitations to be kept in mind. Part IV analyses the nature and impact of non-state actors. Chapters discuss processes within international bureaucracies (diplomacy, dynamism, bureaucratic power, contribution to democracy) and the quintessence of deliberation and decision making within NGOs and IGOs and of implementation, accountability and dispute settlement. Part V studies specific worlds of non-state actors: humanitarian aid, human rights, security, the North-South divide, health, trade and environment. Accessible and articulately written, The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors is aimed at a wide readership of scholars and practitioners in international relations.

The New Multinationals

Author : Mauro F. Guillén
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490702
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The New Multinationals written by Mauro F. Guillén and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new breed of multinational companies is reshaping competition in global industries. For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, multinational firms came from the most technologically advanced countries in the world. Over the last two decades, however, new multinational firms from upper-middle-income economies (e.g. Spain, Ireland, Portugal, South Korea, and Taiwan), developing countries (e.g. Egypt, Indonesia, and Thailand), and oil-rich countries (e.g. United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Russia, and Venezuela) have become formidable global competitors. These firms do not necessarily possess technological or marketing skills. In contrast to the classic multinationals, they found strength in their ability to organize, manage, execute, and network. They pursued a variety of strategies including vertical integration, product diversification, learning by doing, exploration of new capabilities, and collaboration with other firms. This book documents this phenomenon, identifies key capabilities of the new multinationals, and provides a new conceptual framework to understand its causes and implications.

The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation

Author : Craig E. Carroll
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111833549X
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation by : Craig E. Carroll

Download or read book The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation written by Craig E. Carroll and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell’s series of handbooks on communication and media reflects the growing visibility of large businesses’ ethical profiles, and tracks the benefits that positive public attitudes can bring. Serves as the definitive research collection for a fast-growing field featuring contributions by key international scholars Brings together state-of-the-art communication studies insights on corporate reputation Identifies and addresses the lacunae in the research literature Applies new theoretical frameworks to corporate reputation

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services

Author : Markus Reihlen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781009104
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services by : Markus Reihlen

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services written by Markus Reihlen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÔProfessional service firms are critical agents of contemporary economies and understanding them has become a central focus of recent scholarship. This very timely and well organized Handbook brings together several leading scholars who explore how we might think and theorize about professional service firms and their entrepreneurial behaviours. The Handbook will become a key source for the growing community of researchers in this area.Õ Ð Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta, Canada ÔFor too long, both researchers and practitioners have presumed that professional service firms follow the status quo when they should better understand how these professionals set the rules for globalization. This Handbook reminds us that professionals are as much the shock-troops of capitalism as the multinational corporations that they serve. As this Handbook shows, the leading firms successfully compete with each other by fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in order to service an institutional system that undergirds the international economy.Õ Ð Christopher McKenna, University of Oxford, UK Professional services are increasingly seen as an important foundation for future economic growth and prosperity. Yet research on innovative and entrepreneurial processes in professional services has been surprisingly scarce. This Handbook provides a collection of original contributions from leading scholars outlining the current stock of knowledge in the area as well as providing directions for further research. The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to the professional service firm while the second explores the creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the professional service team. Part III turns to the organization and Part IV to the management and growth of the entrepreneurial professional service firm. The final part discusses the interplay between professions, firms and the institutional environment. Researchers, scholars and PhD students in the areas of entrepreneurship and professional service firms along with advanced students of management will find this volume of great value.

Entrepreneurial Strategies of Professional Service Firms

Author : Andreas B. Günther
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658240911
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Book Synopsis Entrepreneurial Strategies of Professional Service Firms by : Andreas B. Günther

Download or read book Entrepreneurial Strategies of Professional Service Firms written by Andreas B. Günther and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past years, knowledge-intensive industries have gained significant importance as economic factor, giving rise to professional service firms (PSFs) such as law firms, accounting firms, or consultancies. Following this development, the research interest especially in the strategies pursued by PSFs has grown substantially. However, past research focused mainly on strategies of established, mature PSFs, leaving academics as well as potential entrepreneurs without guidance on what newly founded, entrepreneurial PSFs should pay attention to in order to ensure lasting competitive advantages. Based on an explorative grounded theory analysis of two outstanding commercial law firm spin-offs in Germany, this work advances the research in this field. In addition to a detailed case study report, it offers a comprehensive theoretical framework and argues that PSFs have to employ a set of seven specific entrepreneurial strategies – including for example service delivery, people development, and client acquisition strategies – in order to successfully manage the entrepreneurial phase. In providing examples for the growing PSF industry, the findings on commercial law firm spin-offs also inform entrepreneurship research in other professions

Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations

Author : Jennex, Murray E.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466624868
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations written by Jennex, Murray E. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since knowledge systems and knowledge management programs are put in place to monitor workers in the performance of their jobs; knowledge is, therefore, an essential component in the achievement of goals and production of economic benefit of an organization. Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations presents a widespread collection of research on the understanding of the managerial, technical and human issues associated with the use of knowledge in organizations while bearing in mind the design, development, and maintenance of useful knowledge management systems. This reference is essential for the tools and information needed to effectively implement knowledge management systems and would benefit researchers and practitioners alike.