The Global Law Firm: An Initial Study of Strategy and Performance

David M. Brock, Tal Yaffe and Mark Dembovsky
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David M. Brock: Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Tal Yaffe: Department of Management, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Mark Dembovsky: Reed Smith, London, U.K.

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2006, vol. 5, issue 2, 161-172

Abstract: We explore large law firms, their strategies and measures of their effectiveness. Our findings suggest that optimal partner profitability is a function of moderate expansion strategies. Contextual variables, like baseline profitability and national origin, also have important impacts on performance.

Keywords: strategy; profitability; law firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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