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Case
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Reference no. 9-393-066
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Amar Bhide (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 24 August 1994
Length: 30 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Corporate governance; Entrepreneurial management; Entrepreneurship; Goals; Incentives; Leadership; Organizational culture; Organizational development; Strategy
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Abstract

Professional service firms, in law, accounting, advertising, consulting, and so on are ubiquitous and relatively easy to start. Few firms, however, gain scale or permanence. This case explores the reasons behind McKinsey & Co's exceptional success in building a prestigious, global institution and the role played by its leader in making it so. May be used with McKinsey & Co (B) - 1966. Describes many interrelated strategic, organizational, and governance issues facing the partners of McKinsey & Co in 1956.
Location:
United States
Industry:
Consulting services
Size:
USD3 million revenues; 115 employees
Other setting(s):
1933-1956
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-396-401
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Amar Bhide (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1996
Version: 29 May 1996
Length: 19 pages
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Abstract

Professional service firms, in law, accounting, advertising, consulting, and so on are ubiquitous and relatively easy to start. Few firms, however, gain scale or permanence. This case explores the reasons behind McKinsey & Co's exceptional success in building a prestigious, global institution and the role played by its leader in making it so. May be used with McKinsey & Co (B) - 1966. Describes many interrelated strategic, organizational, and governance issues facing the partners of McKinsey & Co in 1956.

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Location:
United States
Industry:
Consulting services
Size:
USD3 million revenues; 115 employees
Other setting(s):
1933-1956

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-396-401
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Amar Bhide (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1996
Version: 29 May 1996
Length: 19 pages
View full details