Chartering New Territory: Legitimacy and Practice Area Creation in Professional Service Firms

Diversification into innovative domains through new practice area creation is a critical imperative for professional services firms. Using theories of organizational territoriality and corporate charters, we conceptualize professional firms as federations of distinct practice areas and argue that th...

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Main Authors: Morris, T, Gardner, H, Anand, B
Format: Journal article
Published: 2008