Global Strategies in the Legal Marketplace: Evolution in Offshoring and Outsourcing Models?

摘要: What alternative strategies are being pursued by firms to capture profit in global value chains? In what ways the sources of competitive advantage changing as they move up chain from low end high work, potentially structure and boundary existing industry? This paper examines these questions focusing on outsourcing offshoring legal services, known Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO). services were chosen for study order highlight relevance both technological institutional factors that influence dynamics. particular, how nature professions impact make-or-buy decisions industry structure. The is conceptualized consisting three blocks, namely knowledge information management (KIM), consultative advice representation (CAR), client relationship (CRM). shows unbundled, with KIM component separated ownership geography CAR CRM components. To assess actual extent disintegration, identifies conditions under which demand supply LPO generated. Those side include corporatization law pressures corporations cut costs. From perspective, identified distinctive providers profit, depending their mode entry influencing initial capability mix, whether or not driven a corporation firm.