...Levent Altinay; Angela Roper; Susan Segal‐Horn; Alison Dean Purpose To identify and discuss the changes arising within very large law firms from the pressure to provide global services and the issues for firms in implementing cross‐border integration. Design/methodology/approach The research...

.... A newer, developing stream of research into how firms do business across borders is emerging, perhaps influenced by Olsen and Roper's (1998) plea and evaluates the strategic and organisational competencies required for managing globally and being international companies. This forms the basis...

... operations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Retailing Franchising Globalization Market entry Fashion industry United Kingdom Business format franchising is widely recognized as having become an established global enterprise trend within the service sector (Fladmoe‐Lindquist...

... into further unfamiliar foreign markets. Markus Reihlen can be contacted at: reihlen@wiso.uni‐koeln.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Professional services Globalization Learning Social interaction Previous studies that established the link between internationalization...

...Curtis P. McLaughlin; James A. Fitzsimmons International trade in services is growing rapidly despite many barriers to trade. Consumer services are being established world wide and increasingly business services are becoming globalized in much the same way that manufacturing is outsourcing overseas...