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The firm : the story of McKinsey and its secret influence on American business

Title
The firm : the story of McKinsey and its secret influence on American business / Duff McDonald.
Author
McDonald, Duff.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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Description
387 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Star financial journalist Duff McDonald uncovers how the managing consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and its high-powered, high-priced business savants have ushered in waves of structural, financial, and technological shifts to the biggest and best American organizations, revealing a list of world-shaping successes and striking failures.
Subject
  • McKinsey and Company
  • Business consultants
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Ozark farm boy -- The making of the firm -- The age of influence -- The decade of doubt -- A return to form -- The crucial question : are they worth it or not? -- Revenge of the nerds -- The money grab -- Bad advice -- Retrenchment -- Breaking the compact.
ISBN
  • 9781439190975
  • 1439190976
  • 9781439190999 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013002023
  • 99955520569
OCLC
  • ocn828264932
  • 828264932
  • SCSB-5711058
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries