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Table 1. The top 10 transnational law firms, ranked by Revenue at the start of the reported research Source: Firms’ websites and The Lawyer (2009) Firm Country of Origin 2008 Revenue (£M) Lawyers Global Offices European Offices Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom USA 1,380 2,100 22 6 Baker & McKenzie USA 1,374 3,627 70 23 DLA Piper* USA/England 1,319 2,267 59 29 Linklaters England 1,298 2,367 30 17 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer England 1,287 2,263 28 16 Clifford Chance England 1,262 2,904 28 13 Latham & Watkins USA 1,192 2,150 22 9 Allen & Overy England 1,091 2,122 25 14 Sidley Austin USA 928 1,892 16 4 Jones Day USA 818 2,516 29 7 *DLA Piper is split into dual firm down English and USA lines. Totals here are combined from the two entities. 36
Table 2: The link between institutions, manufacturing firms’ best practices and workers’ economic behaviour. Source: adapted from Whitley (2001, 39-42). Particularistic environments Collaborative environments Arm’s length environments Institutional context No institutions encouraging collaboration or trust between workers or firms and weakly enforced formal and informal institutions Existence of many formal and strictly enforced institutions that tie the fortunes of workers and firms and firms and subcontractors and clients together Flexible institutions that explicitly promote trust and collaboration with legal systems designed to coordinate economic activities rather than excessively control Common firm types produced by institutional context Opportunistic – firms seek short term profits with little investment in the future. Little employee-employer cooperation and no firm-sub-contractor trust Cooperate hierarchy – firms seek to collaborate to build long-term strength. Workers actively involved in firm hierarchies and longterm and collaborative relationships with sub-contractors Isolated hierarchy – firms operate independently and seek to minimise impact of institutions on operations. Little formal employee involvement in the running of firms and limited collaboration with sub-contractors Exemplary country China Germany USA 37
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