1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698590903321

Autore

Sparks Witt

Titolo

Geospatial analysis and optimization of fleet logistics to exploit alternative fuels and advanced transportation technologies [[electronic resource] ] : preprint / / W. Sparks and M. Singer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, CO : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (4 pages) : digital, PDF file

Collana

Conference paper NREL/CP ; ; 7A2-47844

Altri autori (Persone)

SingerMark

Soggetti

Service stations

Geographic information systems

Alternative fuel vehicles - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed June 28, 2010).

"June 2010."

"To be presented at TechConnect World Conference & Expo 2010, Anaheim, California, June 21-25, 2010."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 4).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910624376703321

Autore

Mandele Leonard Martijn van der

Titolo

The New Professional Service Firm : How Consultants, Accountants, and Lawyers Need to Reinvent Themselves / / by L. Martin van der Mandele, Henk W. Volberda, Rob B. Wagenaar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031061349

3031061349

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 pages)

Collana

Business Guides on the Go, , 2731-4766

Disciplina

658.421

Soggetti

Business consultants

Service industries

Law

Business information services

Business Consulting

Services

IT in Business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Disruption is on the way -- 2. Understanding how professionals work -- building blocks for the future -- 3. Reactions to disruption -- 4. The Professional Service Community – the way forward -- 5. Foundations of the successful professional community -- 6. Fieldwork – Monday morning actions.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this book alert that professional services like law, accountancy, and consultancy firms are set to face major disruption. The most important driver and enabler are the new technologies that help and in part substitute the work done by professionals. The second important disruptor is the new generation of professionals – “NewGen” – who are less interested in building their careers in a hierarchical organization and more interested in entrepreneurial challenges in small teams, with more rapid returns. In the meanwhile, major service conglomerates – the “big four” accounting firms, the “big three”



consulting firms to name a few examples – build their network using their brand and substantial resources. All along, the relentless pressure from clients to receive more services at lower cost continues. Medium-sized professional firms as well as one-person independents appear to suffer most from these disruptions and are most anxious to find new ways to conduct their business. But the leaders of large firms also feel that they are increasingly unable to support the innovative entrepreneurship of their most promising professionals while their organizations institutionalize and their overheads continue to grow. This book proposes a new orientation and model of a professional service firm as an answer to these challenges, by creating a Professional Service Community. It is a synergistic team of organizations that share a vision of their role in society and main lines of their mission as well as the quality of their deliverables and their key clients. At the same time, they are independent in designing their internal business models – like recruitment, training, knowledge management, and economics. The Professional Service Community provides a unique and highly attractive level of entrepreneurship, flexibility, and efficiency to the benefit of its clients, partners, staff, and other stakeholders. It is the way of the future.