The rationale for this special issue was a feeling among the editors that, in studies of
management consultancy, the client had been neglected or inadequately portrayed …

We investigate why two person teams beat the truth wins benchmark in signaling games
(Cooper and Kagel, 2005, Cooper and Kagel, 2009) by studying an advice treatment where …

This paper investigates the determinants of success of the client-consultant relationship from
the consultant's point of view. Ten consultants from various fields (eg change management …

The ninth volume in the Research in Management Consulting (RMC) series—much like the
volumes that preceded it—underscores that management consulting is a multifaceted field …

Interprets management consulting from a knowledge perspective, and proposes a general
conceptual framework for investigating and interpreting that potential. This work discusses …

Frequent environmental discontinuity, and intense changes in the competitive dynamics and
logics of client business areas, are transforming the physiology of the management …

A growing number of organisations are emerging as partners to districts pursuing systemic
improvement. Given the critical role a consulting organisation could play in supporting …

This article proposes a definition of management consulting, which aims to identify the
distinctive features of this particular service activity and emphasizes the mainly cognitive …

Geleitwort Es ist noch nicht allzu lange her, da wurden in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur
wie auch in der Presse Berater als rhetorisch versierte „Händler in Problemen, Praktiken …

Da in Beratungsprojekten häufig sehr komplexe Problemstellungen bearbeitet werden,
spielt die effektive Wissensintegration der beteiligten Unternehmensberater und der …