The Firm, 9781439190982
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McKinsey: Shaping American capitalism, worth it or just smoke and mirrors?

The Firm

the story of mckinsey and its secret influence on american business

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2014

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Summary

McKinsey Unveiled: The Untold Story of America’s Most Influential Consulting Firm

The story of McKinsey & Co., America’s most influential and controversial business consulting firm, “an up-to-date, full-blown history, told with wit and clarity” ( The Wall Street Journal ).

If you want to be taken seriously, you hire McKinsey & Company. Founded in 1926, McKinsey can lay claim to the following partial list of accomplishments: its consultants h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781439190982
ISBN-10:1439190984
Series:A Business Bestseller
Author:Duff McDonald
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:30 September 2014
Weight:340g
Dimensions:211mm x 140mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

“Timely.… A fast-paced account of a key business institution, its deeds and misdeeds.”

”[T]hought-provoking … a fascinating look behind the company’s success… . [The Firm] chronicles McKinsey’s rise but also raises an important question about it that is applicable to the entire netherworld of consultants, advisers and other corporate hangers-on: ‘Are they worth it or not?’“– “Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times DealBook”“Revealing… McDonald combines a lucid chronicle of McKinsey’s growth and boardroom melodramas.”–Publishers Weekly“There have been other books about this American icon, but The Firm is an up-to-date, full-blown history, told with wit and clarity.”– “The Wall Street Journal”

About The Author

Duff McDonald

Duff McDonald is a contributing editor at The New York Observer. He has also written for Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, New York magazine, Fortune, and Esquire, among other publications.

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