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The Internationalisation of Professional Service Firms : The Case of Chinese Law Firms in London

• Xiaoting Luo
• Bristol Doctoral College
• School of Management - Business School
• Migration Mobilities Bristol

Student thesis : Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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Type : Thesis

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For more than a decade, Precision Consulting has been the premier, full-service academic consulting firm for master’s and doctoral candidates completing thesis, dissertation, capstone, and project study research . Over the years, we’ve refined and expanded our dissertation and thesis help services to provide the most comprehensive support available throughout the research process. Our team of dedicated academic consultants, statisticians, qualitative research experts, and analysts can offer you whatever support you might require to ensure you receive approval faster from your chair and university reviewers throughout your graduate research journey.

Unlike other dissertation consulting firms, which tend to focus on targeted assistance for one aspect of academic research or dissertation assistance–whether that’s statistical analysis or dissertation editing –at Precision, we can help you from the earliest stages of identifying and developing your topic , and continue to help you with your dissertation as you develop your full study. Unlike independent dissertation consultants or editing services, we can help you identify recent studies to support your research gap for your literature review , finalize a compelling research design, and assist you with your analysis to ensure you have robust results to your research questions. Then, once your dissertation or thesis writing is complete, we remain with you to ensure that your work is clear, concise, and follows all style and formatting guidelines, before helping you prepare for a smooth final defense .

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Dissertation Help – Alignment

Our academic consulting is truly client-focused and based on each researcher’s goals for his or her study. This personalized approach to dissertation assistance guarantees that you’ll have one individual working with you throughout the process, so that you can feel confident that our assistance will be tailored to your specific needs and preferences at every stage. Here are some typical questions we ask new clients in order to provide a detailed individual plan and quote:

What is your field of study, and have you selected a topic?

At Precision, we’ve worked with doctoral candidates and academic researchers in almost every subject, from marketing analytics, to alternative pharmacology, to parental involvement, which means we can guarantee your work will be reviewed by someone knowledgeable in your topic.

That being said, for over a decade, we have developed a particular expertise in four core research areas. Please click on your topic below for a more detailed discussion:

• Qualitative exploration of post-traumatic growth related to participation in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy among women who have experienced intimate partner violence
• Phenomenological exploration of patients’ experiences of betrayal trauma and development of alcohol addiction
• Quantitative examination of mindfulness meditation for reduction of stress and anxiety in veterans
• Qualitative descriptive study of therapists’ experiences developing a therapeutic alliance with patients with bipolar disorder
• Quantitative investigation of the relationship between family support and occupational functioning in persons with schizophrenia
• Qualitative case study on communication and conflict in the context of group problem-solving in small organizations
• Quantitative examination of the mediating influence of organizational justice in the relationship between leadership style and organizational citizenship behaviors
• Qualitative case study exploration of stress, burnout, and employer-provided coping programs among paramedics
• Quantitative investigation of work group diversity, employee autonomy, and innovation
• Qualitative phenomenological exploration of women’s experiences of mentoring and leadership attainment in male-dominated industries
• Quantitative examination of age-related stereotyping among young adults with social networks of varied diversity
• Qualitative exploration of meanings of violence in popular culture as interpreted by adolescent males
• Mixed methods investigation of perceptions of in-group versus out-group bias and bullying behavior among graduate students
• Qualitative content analysis of persuasive techniques used in online recruitment communications related to hate groups
• Quantitative examination of church membership, social identification, and psychological well being in retired adults
• Quantitative longitudinal examination of special education students’ emotion regulation and academic progress from elementary to middle school
• Qualitative descriptive exploration of married couples’ perceptions of attachment style and marital conflict
• Quantitative investigation of math intervention effects on achievement among low-SES, urban high school students
• Quantitative examination of resilience in adolescents who have experienced multiple foster care placements
• Qualitative exploration of social adjustment and well being among young adults following transition from high school to college
• Qualitative ethnographic exploration of African American adolescents’ experiences of exclusionary discipline in high school
• Qualitative phenomenological exploration of marginalization and empowerment experiences of formerly incarcerated adults as they re-entered the workplace
• Mixed methods program evaluation of an information-based health and wellness program for low-SES Latinx and African American adults
• Participatory action research on social supports that facilitate housing stability in individuals who have experienced homelessness
• Qualitative interpretative phenomenological exploration of drug addiction recovery experiences of individuals living in high-crime neighborhoods
• Corporate social responsibility and investment strategies
• Determinants of small business success in emerging economies
• Socioeconomic inequality and access to healthcare in the United States
• Gender and unemployment in the context of recession
• Protestantism (including, but not limited to, Reformed, Lutheran, Anglican, Wesleyan, Evangelical, and Pentecostal)
• Roman Catholicism
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• DNP topic: Effects of an intervention to improve patient literacy regarding lifestyle choices and heart disease
• DNP topic: Quasi-experimental assessment of staff education program related to metabolic syndrome and diabetes
• PhD topic: Qualitative case study on the role of nurse educators in developing a culture of civility and respect among nursing students
• PhD topic: Quantitative examination of factors related to caregiver burnout in long-term care facilities
• Quantitative examination of PTSD prevalence, risk factors, and treatments within residential facilities for children and youths with disabilities in a rural region of a state in the Southwestern U.S.
• Quantitative investigation of opioid abuse indicators before and after marijuana legalization in a Western state
• Mixed methods case study of a peer-led school intervention to prevent tobacco or e-cigarette use among high school students
• Quantitative examination of sleep quality and quantity as it relates to accidents and injuries in manufacturing facilities
• Quantitative examination of engagement and performance in STEM classes among middle and high school girls
• Qualitative case study on a middle school schoolwide bullying education and prevention program
• Qualitative phenomenological exploration of novice teachers’ lived experiences with classroom management
• Quantitative examination of teacher characteristics, self-efficacy, and student engagement in urban high schools
• Qualitative case study on use of visual communication systems to support high school students with autism with classroom tasks and routines
• Quantitative quasi-experimental evaluation of a video-based instructional program in math for students with intellectual disabilities
• Qualitative descriptive exploration of special education teachers’ preferred methods of coping to prevent burnout
• Quantitative investigation of teacher qualifications and student performance in self-contained special education classrooms
• Quantitative examination of a social skills training program for high school students with severe disabilities
• Quantitative investigation of technology-assisted learning for students with learning disabilities
• Quantitative quasi-experimental evaluation of blended versus face-to-face learning outcomes for community college psychology students
• Quantitative examination of student characteristics related to academic performance in online versus face-to-face college courses
• Qualitative case study of a problem-based learning approach for a high school persuasive writing project
• Qualitative case study exploration of student perceptions of instructor and peer interaction in an online college course and engagement with course material
• Quantitative examination of principal leadership style in relation to teacher performance, teacher retention, and student performance
• Qualitative case study of teachers’ perceptions of benefits and barriers to implementation of new school wide multi-tiered system of supports
• Qualitative phenomenological exploration of mentoring experiences among African American leaders in college and university settings
• Quantitative investigation of factors associated with burnout and attrition in both novice and experienced middle school teachers
• Qualitative descriptive study of teachers’ experiences with effective and ineffective principal leadership
• Cross-national comparison of millennial employee engagement
• The relationship between operational effectiveness and leadership styles
• Corporate responsibility marketing campaigns and improved profitability
• Project management metrics for large-scale construction
• Accounting fraud and government responses in emerging markets
• Tourism and consumer loyalty in developing countries
• Africana Studies The inclusion of African intellectuals, scientists, activists, and leaders who have made significant contributions, is a relatively new addition to academia. Through social reform, perseverance and time, African voices who were relatively unknown with their achievements being understated for a significant portion of the 21st century are getting more of the acknowledgment that they deserve. Since we work with clients internationally and often partner with researchers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), at Precision, we know that the HBCU fight for educational equality is one side of the coin of acknowledgment sought by those of African descent throughout the United States and around the world. At Precision, we are honored to help graduate researchers of all backgrounds who are looking to understand complex relationships between different ethnic groups existing inside relatively new European-made borders on the African continent. We also work hand-in-hand with researchers examining the lingering psychological and social implications that exist for those of the African diaspora in the United States. Often, this research has applications to the fields of social justice and gender equality. Social Justice: The concept of social justice can be much more than merely an academic concept as African Americans and those of African descent around the world work to achieve Na’im Akbar’s dream of “breaking the chains of psychological slavery”. Part of the path to psychological healing is by honoring and better understanding the literary and social impact of authors like Wole Soyinka, Alain Mabanckou, and Chinua Achebe. By shining a light on the realities of social mores, social perceptions of Africana, and day-to-day interactions, whether satirically or with candor, key discussions about economic, political and social equality for those of African descent can be established. Even though colleges and universities no longer limit or bar access to enrollment on the basis of race or ethnicity, there are other barriers to entry for many students of African descent. Obstacles to receiving a higher education are especially pronounced for first-generation college students from low-income families. HBCUs continue to represent an important avenue of higher education for hundreds of thousands of students across the United States in spite of the social progress that has been made since the 60’s. There is still ground to cover in order to achieve educational equality, and HBCUs, when compared with PWIs, have higher graduation rates for low-income African American students. Some HBCUs, like Howard, even boast significantly higher retention rates than the national average. Social justice in the field of Africana Studies helps to tell the story of perseverance through segregation, discrimination, and blatant violence in order to overcome prejudice. The HBCU’s that we partner with understand that social justice is an integral part of the African American struggle to first, be seen as humans with rights and then to be seen as equal citizens rather than as expendable, marginalized, second-class citizens. To this day, HCBUs are a core part of the fight to elevate quality education for African Americans by refusing to accept a forced ignorance stemming out of educational inequity. For example, Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth focuses on research and policy related to racial disparities in areas including wealth accumulation, poverty, and law enforcement. Morehouse College’s School of Medicine has worked to address racial health disparities through ongoing research and policy recommendations. Xavier University of Louisiana’s Division of Education and Counseling has committed to improving outcomes of diverse learners through its program of research, which attends to the role of race, ethnicity, poverty, gender, and disability in academic achievement. HBCUs continue to provide an excellent platform for expanding the possibilities and nurturing the potential of African American students in an environment that naturally applies a culturally relevant pedagogy. Gender Equality: Gender equality in Africana Studies often intertwines with concepts of social justice, but is such an important field of study that it stands on its own merits. At Precision, we often participate in research that focuses on gender equality. The use of theories such as Feminist Standpoint Theory and research designs such as phenomenology align well with this type of research. We’re proud to assist with studies highlighting African contributions to STEM and women’s rights by partnering with researchers building studies that are only possible thanks to the efforts and accomplishments of people like Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, the first female professor in Kenya as well as the first African female Nobel Peace Prize winner and Dr. Margaret Mungherera who was the first female president of the World Medical Association. The diversity of experience across the continent of Africa is reflected in the broad scope of research and innovation seen from one country to the next. All of these accomplishments provide a foundation for researchers around the world to continue uncovering new paradigms and understandings for what concepts like social justice and gender equality, and at Precision we believe that they must not be overlooked. Social Justice and Gender equality often affect public policy. Research in Africana Studies plays a vital role in working to empower and improve the lives of African descendants from one generation to the next. Precision is honored to assist graduate researchers at HBCUs and other institutions with such impactful research by examining core issues through both qualitative and quantitative lenses. Since we are well versed with the types of methodologies, constructs, and theories that lend themselves well to Africana Studies based research we often assist with the exploration of the particular viewpoints and interpretations that participants have to share. The qualitative explorations of the experiences of marginalized persons is an important aspect of respecting that these individuals are the experts on their own experiences. Although qualitative methods are ideal for capturing the first-hand thoughts, perspectives, and stories of participants, quantitative methods are essential for understanding broader patterns that relate to marginalization or discrimination. For example, we have assisted graduate researchers from HBCUs to develop quantitative investigations of African American student achievement gaps as well as disparities in school discipline that underlie the school-to-prison pipeline. We have also assisted with quantitative examinations of variables related to African American health disparities and disparate treatment within the legal system. Within the field of Africana Studies, developing the literature and theoretical context for social justice research also requires an appreciation of key concepts and theories. For example, we often assist graduate researchers at HBCUs to develop theoretical framing for their studies using critical race theory, which emphasizes the systemic nature of racism and the regularity with which African American individuals experience racism and prejudice. Critical race theory contributes key concepts to research on the marginalization of African American citizens, bringing to light the adverse cumulative effects of racial microaggressions and the importance of counter-stories to challenge cultural narratives that reflect white privilege. Along with critical race theory, there are concepts espoused by lecturers like Chloé Valdary we have assisted graduate researchers at HBCUs with developing theoretical frameworks using theories such as fundamental cause theory and feminist standpoint theory. Both theories help to provide an aligned and meaningful theoretical context for social justice research on various topics. Fundamental cause theory is a useful framework for the examination of poverty in relation to health disparities, and the key proposition is that poverty itself is the fundamental cause of disparate outcomes. Feminist standpoint theory is another useful framework for social justice research, as it positions the participants as the ultimate experts on their own lives, acknowledging that one’s perspectives derive from one’s own particular experiences. Having lived with comparative privilege, the powerful may not necessarily relate to the perspectives of those who have lived through marginalization. Hence, feminist standpoint theorists contend that we must recognize the authority of participants to speak about and interpret their lives when endeavoring to understand their lived realities. Our assistance to graduate researchers attending HBCUs has also prominently involved use of constructs such as intersectionality and assets- versus deficits-based thinking, as these concepts are important to consider when conducting research related to social justice. Intersectionality refers to the intersection of individual characteristics (e.g., race, class, gender) that together may create a specific experience of multiple marginalization. For example, we cannot assume that a wealthy Black woman would have the same experiences of discrimination as a Black woman living in poverty. Researchers working within a deficits-based model might examine these two groups of women’s experiences with an inherent assumption that poor Black women experience more challenging conditions as a result of their own failings or shortcomings. Deficits-based thinking is often eschewed in social justice research, as it essentially blames the victims of systemic or institutional injustice.

In addition to psychology, education, nursing, and business, our team includes expert analysts who can provide extensive assistance with a wide variety of specialized topics. These areas range from electrical engineering, wine biochemistry, and veterinary science to music theory, theology, and rhetoric & composition. As a result of our long experience providing complex statistical analysis support, we also have a high degree of expertise in economics, econometrics, and mathematical finance topics and analyses. Our team’s expertise truly encompasses a broad range of disciplines and highly specialized knowledge, so please don’t hesitate to contact us for dissertation assistance even if your topic or field isn’t explicitly noted above.

Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Dissertation Methods

Precision started out as a statistical analysis firm, and that’s still one of the primary services we offer to academic researchers and corporate clients alike. Since then, we’ve expanded to provide the most comprehensive qualitative research support available, and work regularly with several major research institutions to analyze their qualitative data . Regardless of the scale and complexity of your quantitative or qualitative research–or if you have selected a mixed methods approach –we have a talented team of experts with PhDs across the social sciences, STEM fields, and humanities who can provide comprehensive dissertation assistance to you throughout your doctoral journey.

Are you completing your degree at an online university?

While our academic consultants are experienced in working with brick and mortar institutions as well as online master’s and doctoral programs (in the US and around the world), we have a particular depth of experience providing dissertation assistance to candidates attending the major online universities. We work with more clients from Walden, Grand Canyon University, University of Phoenix, Capella, and Northcentral (among others!) each year, –which means we’re intimately familiar with their rubrics and procedures, from developing the key foundational elements for the initial prospectus, research plan, or concept paper , to the unique review process, checklists, and templates for each university’s full dissertation, project study, or capstone deliverable. We’re also highly familiar with the frequent and ongoing review process at the majority of these programs, and can absolutely draw on our expertise to provide comprehensive dissertation help for even the most demanding chair or university reviewer feedback.

Dissertation Help on a Deadline

Many of our clients, especially doctoral candidates attending programs at the major online universities, come to us with specific deadlines for dissertation editing to be completed before the end of the current term. Others often reach out as the clock winds down on their doctoral journeys and they must complete all remaining steps of their dissertation or thesis writing before a final end date in order to finish their doctoral degree. Still others seek us out for dissertation help at the early stages of their research and drafting so that they have full and ongoing support to stay on target (and on budget!) throughout the process. Whatever your specific deadline–whether it’s two days from now, or two months from now–we can draw on our extensive resources and dedicated staff to ensure your work is completed on time and ready for approval.

Per-project Quotes and Budget for Dissertation Assistance

Our support for you will be very much based on your goals for the research to come, and your priorities for dissertation assistance throughout the process. This is precisely why we develop quotes on a per-project basis, so that we provide you with exactly the level of assistance you need at every step of your journey, and a quote that precisely reflects the scope of work. While others might charge on a per-page or per-hour basis, we find that these models create incentives on the part of other services to spend either a great many pages or a great many hours on a given project, but without the need to be particularly successful in the process.

This is also why we remain with you through any necessary revisions to our dissertation assistance and editing. Unlike smaller and less established dissertation consulting services, we guarantee our work until approval, and include additional support to address feedback in our initial quote. This is because we understand the highly iterative process of dissertation review and approval, particularly at the major online universities, which often involve multiple rounds of feedback at each stage. We’re here as your teammate to help you address any and all feedback–and celebrate your research and graduation once your journey is complete!

In addition to the individualized support and industry-leading expertise outlined above, we also include the following in our promise to you:

• Guaranteed Fast Approval. For any dissertation help we provide, we guarantee approval by your reviewer or institution, almost always on the first submission. Of course, in the rare case of any revision requests, we work on any requested revisions immediately and without extra cost.
• Security. We are the industry leader in dissertation consulting and editing services for a reason. As proven academic consultants and dissertation editors for more than a decade, we have thousands of satisfied clients, are a member of the Inc 500 (one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the country), and consequently have top positioning for most dissertation help and dissertation editing terms throughout Google. Your precious work, money, and time are safe with us.
• Personalized Attention. You will work with one dissertation consultant who will be constantly available to you via phone or email during and after your time working with us. We’re easy to reach, always happy to speak to you, and don’t disappear when the work is done (in case you need us for revisions or after-support).

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In this first video, we’ll talk about a key characteristic of all well-designed research, which is alignment. [does some funny little voice while enunciating the individual syllables of “a-lign-ment” while gesturing in a left-to-right line to set the stage for the visual presentation of alignment that is to come] Whether you are a beginning researcher, conducting your earliest research projects for your master’s or doctoral degrees, or a seasoned researcher conducting studies for publication, achieving alignment in your study is super important. It’s an area that we find our clients need lots of help with when doing their dissertations. So, I’ll be talking with you today about alignment to provide you with a clear and more concrete understanding of what alignment means, as well as with an understanding of how to achieve alignment in your study and why this is so important.

Creating alignment is a key part of developing your topic, and if you’re still looking to more fully develop your own topic, we can provide help with your dissertation focus and other elements for you. Check out our video on topic development for more!

Alignment is an essential characteristic of a well-designed study, and yet it can be quite difficult to achieve for novice researchers. In fact, we often provide dissertation help to clients who are struggling to align their studies. And, we commonly find that alignment issues are truly the root problem that reviewers often mislabel as editing issues at the dissertation prospectus, concept paper, or proposal stage.

So before you focus your efforts on APA editing needlessly, let’s talk first about how to achieve alignment in your study, starting with what alignment means. When your study is appropriately aligned, this means that all of the core pieces of your research plan follow logically from the problem that you have constructed from your review of the research literature. Following your problem statement, you must craft the subsequent pieces of your research plan so that they all match one another in terms of the language that you use to discuss variables or phenomena of interest, and the plans you construct for collecting and analyzing your data. As I mentioned previously, we often find that master’s and doctoral candidates, as novice researchers, need some dissertation help when different pieces of their studies don’t quite fit together as well as they should. When we provide this form of dissertation consulting, here are the areas that we ensure are aligned:

The key features of the study that must be aligned are the problem statement, the purpose statement, the research questions, the theoretical framework, the method and design, the data collection and analysis procedures, and the significance of the study.

You might visualize these different key pieces of your study as boxcars on a train that must all be linked together for your study to function successfully as a process for gaining new insights or understanding of your topic.

If any of these cars are not linked to the car preceding it, then clearly your study will be a nonfunctional collection of segments that don’t work well with one another. In other words, the train falls apart and never gets to its destination! We don’t want that, do we? To clarify how these different segments of your study fit together, let’s move on to discuss each of these in more detail.

The problem statement is essentially the centerpiece of your study, or the engine that drives the train forward. Although this statement is usually fairly brief, at about 350 words or so, the information contained within the statement defines the direction the entire study will follow.

Your problem statement must define the exact nature of the problem as derived through a thorough review of all current research in the peer-reviewed literature related to your topic. The problem statement must also describe the research gap, which refers to a specific topic that has not been studied sufficiently and requires further examination through research.

As an example, your problem statement might revolve around high school students who engage in aggressive behaviors at school in spite of the presence of a schoolwide positive behavior support program. Maybe there have been several quantitative studies that document the overall positive effects of this type of schoolwide program on student challenging behavior, but the researchers who conducted these studies found that in spite of widespread improvements in behavior in response to such programs, many students continue to exhibit aggressive behavior, leaving us to ask: Why is this? Why is it that certain kids keep fighting and yelling at school, even under a behavior support program that has been so helpful to so many other students?

The lack of understanding of continued aggressive behavior by some students within schools that use schoolwide positive behavior supports would be the gap that these researchers argue must be better understood if we are to effectively address aggressive behavior across all students.

Now, following from this problem and research gap is the purpose of the study, or the purpose statement. The purpose is a very concise statement that basically says, “This is what I’m trying to do here in this study, and here’s how I’m going to do it.” In order to achieve alignment, the purpose must match what has been stated in the problem statement, which is accomplished through use of the same language to describe your variables or phenomena of interest. The purpose statement must also specify the method and design and must use language that “fits” this approach.

Using the example of the problem and research gap from above, an appropriate purpose statement might be: “The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore middle school teachers’ perspectives on underlying causes of continued aggressive behavior in students within schools that use schoolwide positive behavior supports.”

Let’s have a look at the key pieces of this purpose statement.

So, we have a qualitative case study, the word “explore,” middle school teachers’ perspectives, continued aggressive behavior in students, and schools that use schoolwide positive behavior supports. So, those are all the key pieces of the purpose statement.

What you’ll notice here is that this purpose statement specifies an intent to examine the very same problem that is described in the problem statement. This is essential for achieving alignment.

Also, the qualitative method is aligned with the problem because we are seeking to understand a phenomenon that is somewhat rare, and that might require perspectives of those who have witnessed this problem first-hand to understand fully. Note also the use of the word “explore” in the purpose statement. This is a deliberate choice of words as qualitative studies are largely exploratory, and aimed at using such exploration to better understand complex processes.

The link from the problem to the purpose is essential to establishing an aligned study. We often find that doctoral candidates need some assistance with their dissertations here as the phrasing used in the purpose statement must be extremely concise and yet precisely aligned with each key concept, variable, or phenomenon as presented in the problem statement.

This is something that many of our clients struggle with, and if you are also finding yourself struggling to align your problem and purpose, give us a call or send an email to see how we can help you out with this major step in crafting your dissertation. No matter where you attend, we can definitely help you out with alignment.

But, we have particularly extensive experience with all of the major online universities, and are very familiar with their formats, review processes, and the types of alignment problems that often arise for individuals at these universities. And, if we help you with establishing alignment in your dissertation, we’ll provide unlimited revisions to our work with no extra charge as needed to obtain approval of your work.

Next in the alignment chain are the research questions, which must align with your purpose in terms of the variables or phenomena of interest that you plan to study. You must also use phrasing in these questions that is consistent with the method and design for your study. In the working example I have been using, an appropriate research question might be, “How do middle school teachers working in schools that implement schoolwide positive behavior supports perceive the causes for continued aggression in students in their schools?” Note that this question maintains consistent focus on the perceptions of middle school teachers, that the question specifies that schoolwide positive behavior supports are in place, and continues with the focus on causes for continued aggression in some students.

Next is the theoretical framework, which must be appropriate for guiding inquiry and developing research questions that suitably address your problem. It must also fit your study in terms of its applicability for interpreting or explaining the ultimate findings or results of the analysis. In the current example, it would be important to pick a theory that is relevant to student behavior and the causes for different types of behavior. So, picking a theory like Observational Learning Theory or Ecological Systems Theory would work, as these are theories that explain human behavior in terms of different types of social and environmental influences.

Aligning the theoretical framework to the purpose statement and RQs can also be a bit tricky for new researchers. Choosing a useful TF requires seeing how the different variables or phenomena of interest in your study might interact with regard to your specific RQs or outcomes of interest; this can sometimes require piecing together existing knowledge on your topic and making a reasonable guess as to the theory or combination of theories that might ultimately be helpful in explaining your findings. Sometimes this process can be quite confusing, especially when you are examining RQs that are unique or groundbreaking. In this case, you might find that you need help reworking this part of your dissertation to identify the most fitting theory or combination of theories to frame your study and interpret its findings.

Moving forward, the method and design must be appropriate for examining the specific problem articulated, and for generating knowledge that will truly shed light on the problem as described. As I mentioned previously, the qualitative method would be appropriately aligned to this study because of your aim of exploring a poorly understood phenomenon, which is the continued aggression in certain students in spite of schoolwide positive behavior supports.

The case study design is also aligned with this focus, because this design is great for building understanding of complex processes as they naturally occur in specific groups or settings. You can see how exploring teachers’ perceptions of the causes of aggression within certain schools would turn out to be a very complex study, which would be concerned with how the complexities of student behavior unfold on a daily basis within schools that use positive behavior supports. For these reasons, the qualitative case study design is nicely aligned with the overall study.

Also, keep in mind that we are unique among data analytics companies in that we also specialize in qualitative research and analysis, so if you are planning a qualitative study and are having problems with alignment, I am 100% sure that we can help you to resolve these problems.

To maintain alignment, your data collection procedures must be developed to obtain data of a type that is appropriate given the method and design. Similarly, the data analysis plan must be appropriate given the nature of the data, variables, research design.

For a qualitative case study design, you would want to use data collection approaches like interviews, observations, and review of relevant documents. You would want to draw up an analysis plan that identified common themes and facilitated triangulation across your different data sources. If you put together a data collection plan that used quantitative measures, this would result in misalignment, as the data you collected would be numerical rather than text-based.

Aligning your methods to your problem, purpose, and research questions is essential for ensuring that the results or findings you ultimately obtain truly address the problem that you have identified. Creating an aligned method requires not just attention to consistent phrasing related to your variables or phenomena of interest, but also a thorough understanding of statistical analysis or qualitative analysis. We often provide dissertation help to clients to develop thorough methods sections that are perfectly aligned with the overall aims of their studies.

We have extensive experience with all of the major online universities, and are very familiar with their formats, review processes, and the types of alignment problems that often arise for individuals at these universities. Also, we are the only academic consulting firm that specializes in qualitative research. If you are planning a qualitative study and are having problems with aligning the various components of your qualitative methodology, we can definitely help you out. Also, we provide unlimited revisions to our work with no extra charge as needed to obtain approval of your work.

Finally, the significance refers to the potentially positive outcomes of your study, if all goes well. To maintain alignment, your significance of the study section must logically flow from the problem, and cannot overreach the bounds of what is possible to accomplish given the potential findings of the study.

Given our running example, an aligned significance section would point out that gaining understanding of teachers’ perceptions of the causes for continued aggression in students within a schoolwide positive behavior support program might be helpful in effectively addressing challenging behavior in students whose behavior is resistant to change.

Ensuring that your proposed study is perfectly aligned is important for obtaining approval of your study. But, the reasons for seeking out dissertation help around alignment issues in your proposed study are really much more important than this. If you move forward with collecting your data in a proposed study that is not well aligned, you can run into some serious problems down the road.

To help explain the vital importance of alignment in your study, it will be helpful to ask: Why is it a problem if elements of my study are not aligned?

If your study is out of alignment, this means that one or more of these key pieces aren’t linked with the pieces around them.

There are some pretty serious consequences of moving forward with an improperly aligned study. For one, it could result in collecting data that do not address your problem, or that cannot actually answer your research questions. Also, this could result in conducting data analysis that results in unreliable, invalid, or untrustworthy findings. Lastly, a misaligned study could result in findings that cannot be soundly interpreted within the explanatory theoretical framework for the study.

These are clearly problems that no researcher wants to deal with, especially when you are just getting started. This is definitely where a dissertation consultant can come in handy, and if you would like some help with your dissertation proposal or prospectus to resolve alignment problems, give us a call or send an email — we’d love to help you out!

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What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive

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During economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn’t, just to keep the lights on. This path is perilous. If a firm’s practices have a diffuse mix of clients and unclear strategic positioning, it will weaken the firm’s market profile and lead to internal conflicts, especially about the organization’s future direction.

This article presents two tools that professional service firms can use to manage their client mix and optimize their strategic position. The first is the practice spectrum. All practices fall on a continuum of sophistication that ranges from “commodity” to “rocket science.” Any position on this spectrum can be profitable, though the forces driving profits change as you move along it—as do the capabilities and skills required. Successful practices understand their true position on the spectrum and know which performance levers to pull.

The second tool is the client portfolio matrix, which separates clients into four categories on the basis of cost to serve and willingness to pay. Rather than spreading clients across all four, firms should focus their acquisition efforts and follow different relationship strategies for each type of client.

They have to tightly align their practices and clients.

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The challenge.

Amid the pandemic and economic crisis, professional service firms are offering services and taking on clients they should never have considered, just to shore up billings.

The Problem

When a firm’s practices have a diffuse mix of clients and unclear strategic positioning, it weakens the firm’s market profile and leads to internal conflicts, particularly about the firm’s future direction.

The Solution

Practice leaders can use two tools—the practice spectrum and the client portfolio matrix —to make judicious decisions about clients and ensure that their firm has developed the right talent and capabilities to serve them.

When the going gets tough, companies often get desperate. So it should be no surprise that during the coronavirus pandemic and the concomitant economic crisis, professional service firms (PSFs) have been chasing after all kinds of business just to keep the lights on. We see this over and over: consultancies, law firms, accounting firms, and the like offering services and signing up clients they should never have considered. This approach to shoring up billings is perilous.

• AN Ashish Nanda is a senior lecturer of business administration and the C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School and former director of the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad.
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Mohyin, Nur. "Managing commitment in small construction professional services firms." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9092.

Kulkarni, Shridhar Waman. "Innovations in professional services firms engaged in outsourcing of IT services." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55223.

Quental, Camilla. "Becoming Partner : Gender, Professional Identity and the Glass Ceiling in Professional Services Firms." Thesis, Jouy-en Josas, HEC, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011EHEC0005.

Gaughan, Patrick H. "The International Diversification of Professional Service Firms: The Case of U.S. Law Firms." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1431259487.

Tay, Linda. "Antecedents and consequences of marketing organisation in professional property services (PPS) firms." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325002.

Villeneuve-Moore, Amelie. "Development of capabilities in Western professional services firms internationalising in fast-growing economies." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8287.

Anderson, Phillip C. Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Complementary capabilities in dynamic environments : the evolution of professional services in information technology product firms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77479.

Morgan, David B. "Management Strategies for Reducing Voluntary Employee Turnover in Small Professional Service Firms." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6627.

Vaiman, Vlad. "Retention management in international professional services firms : an empirical study of best practices in management consultancies /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/470775009.pdf.

Kissi, John. "Improving innovation and project performance in construction professional services firms : the leadership role of middle managers." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10955.

Bruno, Simoes. "Marketing of professional services : a study of large accounting and legal firms in Hong Kong and Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 1998. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636768.

Granfeldt, Sandra, and Inez Nastasi. "Relationship marketing for auditors : A qualitative study on how SME auditing firms practicerelationship marketing." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-39886.

Castrigano, Renee M. "An empirical examination of relational governance and service capabilities on the success of professional service firms offshore outsourcing: The client perspective." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1401383571.

Carew, Oriel Rose Estelle. "Company size, organisational culture and human resource management in small to medium sized professional services firms: a case study." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/9291.

Pina, Katia Oliveira. "Into the black box of Knowledge Intensive Business Services : understanding the knowledge bases, innovation and competitiveness of KIBS." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/into-the-black-box-of-knowledge-intensive-business-services-understanding-the-knowledge-bases-innovation-and-competitiveness-of-kibs(6e9139fc-5a82-4378-88bd-5712d2aeef5b).html.

Oliveira, Mafalda Serra Fé Acabado. "Qual o impacto da reputação, internacionalização e do rácio colaborador por partner na rendibilidade das consultoras de gestão?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/16536.

Puttfarken, Wolf-Alexis. "The Role of Social Capital in Retaining Professionals in Professional Service Firms." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/05600440001/$FILE/05600440001.pdf.

Noury, Lucie. "Equilibre de vie dans le Conseil : de la proactivité individuelle aux arrangements organisationnels." Thesis, Paris, ENMP, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ENMP0056/document.

Brennwald, Alex. "Governance in Professional Service Firms." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02605269002/$FILE/02605269002.pdf.

Garnier, Claire. "Qui sont les associés d’audit des cabinets Big 4 ? : Une lecture interactionniste des carrières des auditeurs dans les cabinets Big 4 en France." Thesis, Jouy-en Josas, HEC, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EHEC0013/document.

Demarmels, Claudio. "Integriertes Personalmanagement in Professional Service Firms." St. Gallen, 2009. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/03859204101/$FILE/03859204101.pdf.

Whang, Eunyoung. "Profitability Ratio Analysis for Professional Service Firms." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/104035.

Broberg, Pernilla, Timurs Umans, and Carl Gerlofstig. "Balance between auditing and marketing : an explorative study." Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för Ekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10327.

Choain, Laurent. "L'éducation, fondement et avenir des politiques de ressources humaines et de développement du leadership dans les sociétés de services professionnels." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020003.

Nikolova, Natalia. "The client consultant relationship in professional business service firms." Köln Kölner Wiss.-Verl, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2922564&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

Nikolova, Natalia. "The client-consultant relationship in professional business service firms /." Köln : Kölner Wiss.-Verl, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2922564&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

Kühnel, Stephan. "Wissensorganisation in Professional Service Firms Perspektiven aus der Wirtschaftsprüfung /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/7acbc805e9219074c1256d28004777d9/83463f6350db4fdfc1256e4b006bfde3?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,k%C3%BChnel,stephan.

Espinosa, Vasconcelos Fernando (Francisco Fernando). "An exploration of architectural innovation in professional service firms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42353.

Stanworth, James. "The professional service firm : designing delivery systems." Thesis, University of Buckingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436894.

Dermarkar, Simon. "Commercialization of Auditing services offered by Professionals within Accounting Firms." Thesis, Université Laval, 2011. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2011/28210/28210.pdf.

Dermarkar, Simon Pierre. "Commercialization of auditing services offered by professionals within accounting firms." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/22508.

Kegel, Jakob. "Knowledge in Professional Service Firms : Perceptions among auditors in Malta." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-636.

Background: In the last decade the interest in the “knowledge economy”has grown both in the popular press and in academia. Peter Drucker is arguing that today ”knowledge is the only meaningful resource…”. Professional Service Firms (PSF) is a group of heterogeneous companies more knowledge intensive than most organizations.

Problem: Even though all PSFs are dependent on knowledge as their main factor of production, this dependence varies with firm type. In pursuit of higher margins amid strong competition and increasing regulation many audit firms in Malta are moving away from procedure based services towards expertise-based.

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and describe how practitioners in procedure- based professional service firms in Malta perceive knowledge. An attempt will be made to interpret how this perception may affect the firm’s ability to diversify away from procedure based offerings.

Method: This thesis uses a qualitative method focused on interviews to collect the empirical data. The analysis of the empirical material has been inspired by the hermeneutic school of thought.

Conclusions: Unsurprisingly the interviewees perceived knowledge as the tool they need to perform their job. Knowledge was said to be considered important, but the empirical results reveal a surprisingly low sophistication in the understanding of the concept. The dramatically increasing complexity in the audit firms’ operating environment, caused by rapid changes in regulation and standards, is putting pressure on the firms. Many audit firms respond by attempting to diversify into less regulated areas such as consulting. Since the importance and usage of knowledge is different between a procedure-based operation such as an audit firm and an expertise-based operation such as a consulting firm, diversification from one type to the other will prove difficult.

Adjei, Daniel, and Peter Rwakatiwana. "Application of Traditional and Agile Project Management in Consulting Firms. : A Case Study of PricewaterhouseCoopers." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32490.

AbstractPurposeTo study which and how project management methodologies are applied in consulting firmsApproachThe study begins by reviewing literature on Traditional Project Management (TPM) andAgile Project Management (APM) methodologies ending with characteristics of the twomethodologies that identify a project as applying one methodology or another. The literaturethen reviews the nature of consulting firms emphasising on elements such as the professional,professional services and professional service firms before reviewing how projects areimplemented in consulting firms. A case study design is adopted and semi-structuredinterviews were conducted with PricewaterhouseCoopers-Ghana staff. Patterns from theinterviews are identified and compared with the characteristics of both Traditional and Agileproject management before drawing conclusions on which methodologies are applied andhow they are applied. Since APM is presumed to deal with problems of TPM in complexenvironments, challenges in applying TPM in consulting firms are assessed and the extent towhich APM responds to those challenges are also discussed.FindingsThe findings indicate that TPM is applied in consulting firms mainly for structured projects,whilst APM methods are also applied for some structured projects but very much forunstructured and ‘executory’ projects. APM also deals with some challenges of TPM butthose which are organisation related are not solved by applying APM methods.Research limitationThe limited number of people interviewed for this research is one key issue that limitsgeneralization to all consulting firms. However, it is hoped that this work serves as a basis forfurther research in this field.Practical implicationsThe study shows that whilst TPM will continuously be applied in consulting firms due to thenature of some projects, APM can also be applied to the benefit of consulting projects that areunstructured and ‘executory’. Therefore consulting firms do not need to ‘force’ structure intoall projects.Paper typeMasters Thesis – Research paperKeywordsTraditional project management, agile project management, consulting firms, professional,professional service, professional service firms

Gerlofstig, Carl. "Auditor 2.0 : how Swedish auditors balance the profession with marketing." Thesis, Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-6902.

This study examines how auditors’ attitude towards marketing and their view on the importance of marketing affect how they balance their time spent on marketing and auditing activities. The purpose is to understand how the changing business environment for auditors affects the relationship between the auditing profession and marketing. The study is based on a survey of 712 auditors in Sweden. The findings suggest that auditors with positive attitude towards marketing spend significantly more time on marketing activities compared to those with less positive attitude. Furthermore, auditors who view marketing activities as important, spend significantly more time on marketing activities. The number of years as approved or authorized auditor, age of the auditor, and bureau affiliation was controlled for. The result indicates that the theoretical distance between the auditing profession and marketing does not exist in practice to the same degree as it used to.

Cruz, Albert P. "Knowledge sharing and competitiveness of professional service firms: A case study." WALDEN UNIVERSITY, 2012. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3453107.

Laperrière, Anika. "The Internationalization of Small Professional Service Firms: An Organizational Learning Perspective." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23795.

Dungen, Thomas von. "Teamproduktion in professional service firms Organisationswandel und die Auswirkungen leistungsorientierter Anreizsysteme." München Mering Hampp, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2991786&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

Jewell, Carol A. "A typology of construction professional service firms : a consulting engineering perspective." Thesis, University of Reading, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553110.

Lu, S. L. "A theory of innovation in small knowledge-intensive professional service firms." Thesis, University of Salford, 2005. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14873/.

Luescher, Jan. "Methods for Knowledge Sharing in Professional Service Firms A Critical Evaluation /." St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01652221002/$FILE/01652221002.pdf.

Cruz, Albert P. "Knowledge sharing and competitiveness of professional service firms: A case study." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/903.

Kriegmeier, Jochen Ralph. "Professional Service Firms : Koordination im Spannungsfeld von globaler Integration und lokaler Differenzierung /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/373230885.pdf.

ASZTALOS, RICHARD, and MATHIAS GIERTZ. "Market Orientation in Professional Service Firms : A Framework for Market Oriented Practices." Thesis, KTH, Industriell marknadsföring, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-153775.

Tschida, Markus H. "The impact of market orientation on the performance of professional service firms." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2010. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/10589/.

Malhotra, Namrata. "International entry mode decisions of professional service firms, the case of engineering consulting." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0025/NQ46881.pdf.

Muchow, Kai-Christian. "Strategischer Wandel in Professional Service Firms eine prozessorientierte Untersuchung am Beispiel deutscher Rechtsanwaltskanzleien." Lohmar Köln Eul, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2833324&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

Tsu, Bruna Suzanne Aiello. "Internationalization of professional service firms: the case of a Brazilian engineering consultancy company." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/5671.

Pavlas, Michal. "Strategic Development of Commercial Real Estate Company KCRE: CEE Expansion in internationalization framework." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76272.

Aebi, Vincent. "Wechsel in der Entlohnung von Professional Service Firms Analyse und Implikationen für die Beratungsindustrie /." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/04601811001/$FILE/04601811001.pdf.

Lee, Sherwin Frank. "An evaluation of management’s impact on knowledge and related service diversification within quantity surveying firms." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1045.

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