International audienceThis article develops and demonstrates the utility of a framework for understanding professionals' reactions to strategic change in professional service firms as an interplay between a strategic intent, its manifestation in organizational roles and practices and its fit with existing professional identities. The application of the framework with three case studies shows that strategic changes may threaten different aspects of professional identities (self-enhancement, self-continuity and self-distinctiveness) which in turn tends to lead to different kinds of resistance from the professionals (exit, voice for opposition or voice for renegotiation). The article also links these different reactions to the locus of identification of professionals, which may be either 'local' or 'cosmopolitan'

This article suggests an agenda for further research on innovation management in service firms. It investigates differences and similarities between issues identified by previous academic research and issues brought up by practitioners within the area of innovation management in service firms. The results show that there are some major differences; for instance, researchers stress a need for formalized processes for development work, while practitioners focus on facilitating innovation in everyday operations. The main conclusion is that in order to bridge the gap between research and practice we would encourage further research on innovation in service firms to (1) conduct micro studies of innovation work, (2) view innovation in the context of everyday operations and (3) focus on co-workers' innovative potential.

Analysis 3-10 3.3 VTT Model Predicted Potentiometric Surface for the Large Region (7500 ft nodes) Paradox Simulation. Small Region Potentials are Illustrated in Figure 3.2. 3-11 3.4 Three-Dimensional Finite Element Representation of Groundwater Reservoir Beneath Long Island, New York 3-13 3.5 Aquatic Pathways of Exposure from Geologic Storage Site for SHLW. 3-20 4.1 Factors That Determined the Concentration of Radionuclides in Solutions Leached Through the Waste 4-3 4.2 Large Volume Sorption Curves for Americium on Basalt 4-4 4.3 Axial Filter 4-10 4.4 Distribution of Sr(II) Between Montmorillonite and Sodium Chloride-0.1 M Sodium Acetate Solutions (Low Loading Sr(II)-4-14 4.5 Elution of Strontium from a Column of Glauconite. Peak Width Increases with Flow Rate (Top of Bottom), Indicating Nonequilibium Behavior 4-16 4.6 Elution Curve for 85S r Forced Through an Oolitic Limestone Column with REW Solution. Solution Flow Rate was 0.1 ml/min. 4-18 4.7 Elution Curve for 85S r Forced Through an Oolitic Limestone Column with Recipe Solution. Solution Flow Rate was 0.043 ml/min 4-18 4.8 High Pressure Sorption Apparatus 4-19 xvii 4.9 Experimental and Predicted Distributions of Americium on the Fissure Surfaces after Elution with 20 Fissure Volumes of Solution at a Flow Rate of 1.13 cm h-1. .. • 4-21 4.10 Experimental and Predicted Distributions of Americium on the Fissure Surfaces after Elution with 20 Fissure Volumes of Solution at a Flow Rate of 4.77 cm h-1 4-21 4.11 Adsorption on Am-241 on Na-Montmorillonite 4.12 Loading Effect on Distribution Coefficient of Cobalt 4.13 Distribution Coefficients for Cd(II)/Na(I) Exchange Versus 4-28 4-28 Loading on Montmorillonite 4-29 4.14 Adsorption of Cs(I) on the Sodium Form of Montmorillonites From Several Sources. 4-31 4.15 Adsorption of Sr(II) on the Sodium Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite. 4-31 4.16 Adsorption of Ba(II) on the Sodium Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite. 4-32 4.17 Adsorption of Eu(III) on the Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite. 4-32 4.18 Effects of Loading on Distribution Coefficients of Cs(I) on the Sodium Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite 4-35 4.19 Effect of Loading on Distribution Coefficients of Sr(II) on the Sodium Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite 4-35 4.20 Effect of Loading on Distribution Coefficients of Eu(III) on the Sodium Form of Wyoming Montmorillonite 4.36 4.21 Log Kd Versus Loading for 1-1 Exchange • 4-89 4.22 Apparatus for Leach/Migration Experiments in Which Nuclides Leached from a Solidified Waste Form at Elevated Temperature Migrate in Rock Columns 4-93 4.23 Elution of Ionic and Particulate Tracers in the Large Column 4-95 4.24 Elution of Particulate Tracers in the Large and Small Columns 4-96 4.25 Elution of Ionic and Particulate Tracers in the Small Column 4-97 xviii TABLES 1.1 Potentially Disruptive Phenomena for Nuclear Waste Repositories 1-3 1.2 Some Example Input Data for the Pilot Model 1-21 2.1 Leaching Schedule for Doped Waste Glasses 2-4 2.2 Leach Solutions. 2-4 2.3 Chemical Composition of WIPP B Salt Brine 2-5 2.4 Composition of NFS (76-68) Glas...

Much attention has recently been given to the a c t i v i t i e s of Federal regulatory agencies. Elected representatives, commentators, and others are asking whether the agencies really a c t entirely in the public i n t e r e s t and whether the benefits to the public a r e worth the costs of regulation. Regulatory reform i s the term usually applied to t h i s concern.

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