The rise of super-elite law firms: Towards global strategies

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-213

  Segal Horn, Susan ^a   Dean, Alison ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate law firms; Global strategies; Globalisation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SERVICE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 78651388965     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802706956     Document Type: Article

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