Essays about: "professional service firm"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the words professional service firm.

  1. 16. The Patchwork of Knowledge Management A qualitative study on how Knowledge Management is understood in the professional context of Swedish business law firms

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ida Ahlsson; Marija Stupljanin; [2017-07-04]
    Keywords : Knowledge Management; Professional Service Firms; Business Law Firms; KM Professionals; Institutional Logics; Emerging Logics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how the Knowledge Management (KM) phenomenon is understood in the field of business law firms in Sweden, by focusing on KM professionals and practitioners across hierarchical levels. The study uses a qualitative method and examines how four business law firms as well as one KM consulting firm perceive the management phenomena of KM within their highly institutionalized field. READ MORE

  3. 17. Local Embeddedness in International Professional Service Firm Networks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elze Seckute; Sina Weller; [2017]
    Keywords : Interfirm Networks; Professional Service Firms; Local Embeddedness; Knowledge Asymmetry; Relational Contracts.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Networks have been recognized as an alternative internationalization approach for Professional Service Firms (PSFs). However, the exploration of tensions, which result from attempts to unite network members and at the same time support their diversity, has been rather neglected in the past. READ MORE

  4. 18. An institutional logics perspective on management accounting changes following acquisitions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Filip Landare; Cassandra Linder; [2017]
    Keywords : Management accounting change; Acquisitions; Institutional complexity;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the management accounting change (MAC) following a number of acquisitions of professional service firms made by the firm ProCorp. The MAC took place in an environment characterized by institutional complexity where the acquiring firm was guided by a 'business logic' whereas the acquired organisations were guided by a 'professional logic'. READ MORE

  5. 19. Talent Retention Through Value Creation : A Case Study of a British Law Firm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Åsa Lie; Linn Henniker Heaton; [2016]
    Keywords : Stakeholder theory; professional service firms; talents; organisational actions; managerial actions; value creation; happiness; retention;

    Abstract : An organisation’s survival is dependent on the support of a number of stakeholders. However, professional service firms tend to lose the support of their most important stakeholders, which are their well-educated employees, also referred to as their ‘talents’. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Best of Two Worlds - Understanding how global professional service firms balance global integration and local responsiveness

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Anna Walter; Gabriella Fries; [2016]
    Keywords : Professional service firms; Global integration; Local responsiveness; Insurance intermediary firms;

    Abstract : In the wake of the knowledge economy, professional service firms (PSFs) have arisen and capitalized on knowledge, offering advanced expertise to their clients. With time, they have expanded across borders and several global PSFs are now among the world's largest companies. READ MORE