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Consulting for Impact Club

Keywords: Consulting

October 1995 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization

By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino

Vernon Ellis, managing partner of Andersen Consulting -- Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India (AC -- EMEAI), is considering how best to reorganize. AC -- EMEAI has grown rapidly over the past five years to become Europe's largest consulting operation. However, Ellis... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Growth Management; Cost vs Benefits; Leading Change; Management Teams; Consulting Industry; Europe; Africa; India; Middle East

February 2024
Case

Continuity & Change at Boston Consulting Group

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane

As the new CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since autumn 2021, Christoph Schweizer had big shoes to fill—his predecessor, Rich Lesser, had tripled the partnership’s total revenues and created digital initiatives that contributed 40+% of 2021 revenues, more than... View Details

Keywords: Business Organization; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Governance; AI and Machine Learning; Environmental Sustainability; Leading Change; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Consulting Industry

November 2011
Teaching Note

InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Consulting Industry

July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
Case

Mercer Management Consulting (B)

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Echenberg

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

04 Mar 2011
News

Local consultants aided Khadafy

21 Jan 2010
News

Laid-off lawyers, cast-off consultants

08 Jun 2015
News

Gender integration in consulting

One of the first women to be recruited by McKinsey & Company, pioneer Joan Griewank Colligan (MBA 1964) eventually launched her own practice as an independent consultant. (Published June 2015) View Details

December 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

By: David E. Bell and Hal Hogan

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has a long, successful history at inventing solutions that help developing countries improve their agriculture. Their research centers are spread across the globe. For many years, they were funded by... View Details

Keywords: History; Adaptation; Investment; Research and Development; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Consulting Industry

February 1972 (Revised March 1973)
Case

Sigma Consultants Inc. (B)

By: Joseph L. Bower

12 Sep 2013
News

Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
Case

Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry; Japan

August 1983
Supplement

Learning from a Consulting Experience (B)

By: Arthur N. Turner

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Consulting Industry

August 1983
Case

Learning from a Consulting Experience (A)

By: Arthur N. Turner

Keywords: Consulting Industry

13 May 2015
Blog Post

Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive

who spent her summer working in consulting. Where did you do your summer internship and what was your job function? I did my summer internship at McKinsey and Company in the Lagos, Nigeria office. I worked as an Associate Consultant for... View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2024)
Case

Michael Clark at Regency Consulting Partners

By: Heidi K. Gardner

September 2000
Teaching Note

Strategic Services at Andersen Consulting TN

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Teaching Note for (9-899-065). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

April 2010
Case

George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)

By: Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry Herman

George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Work-Life Balance; Management Teams; Interpersonal Communication; Jobs and Positions; Employees; Consulting Industry; Boston