Publications

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

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

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

June 1995
Teaching Note

San Francisco Bay Consulting TN

By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler

Teaching Note for (9-195-096). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry

August 1983
Supplement

Learning from a Consulting Experience (B)

By: Arthur N. Turner

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Consulting Industry

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August 1983
Case

Learning from a Consulting Experience (A)

By: Arthur N. Turner

Keywords: Consulting Industry

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November 1995
Teaching Note

Colliers International Property Consultants TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Sarah Gant

Teaching Note for (9-490-049). View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

July 2000
Background Note

Industry Transformation

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin

One of the steepest challenges a strategist faces is to navigate his or her company through a period of industry transformation--an era of rapid and wholesale changes in industry structure. This note considers how periods of transformation typically unfold. It then... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry

November 2009
Supplement

Gabriel Rozman, Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Tarun Khanna

Keywords: Consulting Industry; Africa

June 2000 (Revised May 2002)
Case

Tim Hertach at GL Consulting (C)

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

June 2000 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Tim Hertach at GL Consulting (B)

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. 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

November 1999 (Revised May 2002)
Case

Tim Hertach at GL Consulting (D)

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

for growth become a primary objective, pulling these firms away from their foundational north star: CEO and C-suite management consulting. In pursuing additional opportunities, consulting firms have widely diversified the View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

January 2006 (Revised September 2007)
Case

Bentington Industries

By: David Ager and John A. Davis

Describes the situation facing Paul Bentington, the president, CEO, and member of the owning family of BIND, PLC, a large and successful family-owned engineering consulting firm in London. Bentington's sister and brother, both of whom are owners of the firm, confront... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Leadership; Family Business; Management Succession; Conflict and Resolution; Diversity; London