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Axiom Law Redefined: Innovation in Legal Services

By James Costantini
Published 16 Dec 2015
Reference 6077
Topic Strategy
Industry Legal Services
Region Global
Length 19 page(s)
Language English
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Summary

Axiom, an innovative player providing legal services to corporates, develops service lines to provide lawyers on secondment to clients and managed services to outsource part of its clients' legal activities. Axiom's growth is placed in the broader context of changing client needs and competition in the corporate legal market.

Teaching objectives

The case looks at an entrant into the legal services market from a strategy and innovation perspective. One teaching approach option is to compare perspectives on Axiom’s strategy and business model based on alternative theories of innovation. An alternative approach is to focus on developing a professional services business.

Keywords
  • Professional services
  • Legal Services
  • Strategy
  • Innovation
  • Disruption
  • Entry
  • Entrepreneurial
  • Blue Ocean
  • Q21516
About the author
Costantini

James Costantini

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy

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