Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services by Markus Reih

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Professional services are increasingly seen as an important foundation for future economic growth and prosperity. 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.

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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. Contributors: J. Benders, D.M. Brock, T. Clark, L. Empson, R. Fincham, J. Flood, J. Glückler, H. Gruber, A. Halinen, K. Handley, S. Heusinkveld, E. Jaakkola, K. Laursen, L. Lefsrud, B.R. Lowendahl, V. Mahnke, N. Malhotra, M. Mohe, M. Mone, T. Morris, D. Muzio, N. Nikolova, M. Reihlen, S. Segal-Horn, J. Sieweke, M. Smets, M. Stollfub, L. Strannegard, A. Sturdy, R. Suddaby, R.-J. van den Berg, P. Vejrup-Hansen, A. Werr, M. Woywode

Author Biography

Edited by Markus Reihlen, Otto Group Professor of Strategic Management, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and Associate Fellow, The Novak Druce Centre for Professional Service Firms, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK and Andreas Werr, Professor of Management, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Table of Contents

Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional ServicesMarkus Reihlen and Andreas WerrPART II: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM2. Knowledge Integration as Heedful Interrelating: Towards a Behavioral Approach to Knowledge Management in Professional Service FirmsAndreas Werr3. Dealing with Errors in Professional Service FirmsMartin Stollfuß, Jost Sieweke, Michael Mohe and Hans Gruber4. A Space for Learning? Physical, Relational and Agential Space in a Strategy Consultancy ProjectKaren Handley, Andrew Sturdy, Robin Fincham and Timothy Clark5. Innovating through ClientsNatalia NikolovaPART III: ORGANIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM6. Professional Service Firms, Knowledge-based Competition, and the Heterarchical Organization FormMarkus Reihlen and Mark Mone7. Changing Career Models and Capacity for Innovation in Professional ServicesMichael Smets, Timothy Morris and Namrata Malhotra8. Diversity and Experience as Entrepreneurial Value Drivers in Professional Engineering Consulting FirmsVolker Mahnke, Keld Laursen and Per Vejrup-Hansen9. Leadership in Entrepreneurial Professional Service FirmsLars StrannegårdPART IV: MANAGING AND GROWING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM10. Entrepreneurial Strategies for Professional Service FirmsBente R. Løwendahl11. New Practice Development in Professional Service Firms: The Role of Market SensingStefan Heusinkveld, Jos Benders and Robert-Jan van den Berg12. Marketing in Professional Service Firms: Turning Expertise into Customer Perceived ValueAino Halinen and Elina Jaakkola13. The Globalizing Professional Service Firm: Managerial and Organizational ChallengesDavid M. Brock and Susan Segal-Horn14. A Network Approach to the Internationalization of Business Service FirmsJohannes Glückler15. Beyond Dichotomies: A Multi-stage Model of Governance in Professional Service FirmsLaura EmpsonPART V: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT16. Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review and Analysis of the Maturing Consulting FieldMichael Smets and Markus Reihlen17. After the Gold Rush: The Role of Professionals in the Emergence and Configuration of Organizational FieldsLianne Lefsrud and Roy Suddaby18. The Emergence and Dynamics of Venture Capital in Germany: An Organizational Field Based ApproachMichael Woywode19. Entrepreneurship, Managerialism and Professionalism in Action: The Case of the Legal Profession in England and WalesDaniel Muzio and John FloodIndex

Review

'For 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.' -- Christopher McKenna, University of Oxford, UK'Professional 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.' -- Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta, Canada

Review Quote

'Professional 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.'

Details ISBN1848446268 Author Andreas Werr Pages 424 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1848446268 ISBN-13 9781848446267 Publication Date 2012-10-31 Language English Year 2012 Format Hardcover Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2012-10-31 NZ Release Date 2012-10-31 UK Release Date 2012-10-31 Series Research Handbooks in Business and Management series Edited by Andreas Werr DEWEY 338.04 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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