Publications

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

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

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

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

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

January 2003 (Revised January 2008)
Case

The British Motorcycle Industry at a Crossroads

By: Jan W. Rivkin

By 1975, the collapse of the British motorcycle industry is nearly complete. Only one British manufacturer, NVT, remains in operation. In this setting, the British government commissions the Boston Consulting Group to identify and evaluate strategic alternatives for... View Details

Keywords: Cost; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Great Britain

January 2003 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Consulting by Auditors (B): The Compromise and its Fallout

By: Ashish Nanda

This case tracks the evolution from October 2000 to July 2001 of public debate, regulatory decisions, and firm perspectives on the subject of consulting by accounting firms. View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Service Delivery; Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry

September 2000
Teaching Note

Tim Hertach at GL Consulting Series TN

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Stephanie L. Woerner

Teaching Note for (9-800-153), (9-800-382), (9-800-383), and (9-800-172). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

2000
Chapter

Is Management Consulting the Right Career—For You?

By: James Waldroop and Timothy Butler

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Management Systems; Consulting Industry

February 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Tata Consultancy Services: High Technology in a Low-Income Country

Explores the development of the software services industry in India and the challenges facing the market leader as domestic competition intensifies and new countries attempt to replicate India's success. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Software; Information Technology Industry; India

March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
Case

Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Sydney Ribot and Mary Saunders

Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions to green-building conundrums through consulting, research, and policy-related activities. Emphasis is placed on the... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Design; Entrepreneurs; Creative Industries; CONSULTING Firms; Energy; Design; Governance; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Labor; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Research; Strategy; Value; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)

November 1991 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Oak Industries Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Burton C. Hurlock

Describes Bill Antle's proposed restructuring plans for Oak Industries, a company composed of nine divisions which seem to be experiencing operating difficulties. During the last ten years the company has been involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures, as... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Operations; SWOT Analysis; Organizational Structure; Restructuring; Financial Management; Acquisition; Financial Markets