Law firms face unique organizational, managerial, and business issues, such as the role of partners, new practice development, payment systems, the value of legal knowledge, career development, and competitive advantage. This book investigates these particular challenges and is ideal for anybody researching ormanaging professional service firms. INDICE: John J. Gabarro: Prologue; 1: Laura Empson and Stuart Popham: Introduction and Overview; 2: Laura Empson: Your Partnership: Surviving and Thriving in a Changing World: The Special Nature of Partnership; 3: David Wilkins: Your People: Valuing Diversity: Some Cautionary Tales from the American Experience; 4: Heidi Gardner, Tim Morris, and N. Anand: Your Expertise: DevelopingNew Practices: Recipes for Success; 5: Brian Uzzi, Ryon Lancaster, and Shannon Dunlap: Your Client Relationships and Reputation: Weighing the Worth of Social Ties: Embeddedness and the Price of Legal Services in the Large Law Firm Market; 6: Huseyin Leblebici: Your Income: Determining the Value of Legal Knowledge: Billing and Compensation Practices in Law Firms; 7: Stephen Mayson: Your Capital: Building Sustainable Value: A Capital Idea; 8: Peter D. Sherer: Your Competitors: Mapping the Competitive Space of Large US Law Firms: A Strategic Group Perspective; 9: Royston Greenwood: Your Ethics: Redefining Professionalism? The Impact of Management Change; 10: Tony Angel: Your Challenge: Sustaining Partnership in the 21st Century: The Global Law Firm Experience
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958964-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés