Management Consulting : Emergence and Dynamics of a Knowledge industry

Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONSULTING INDUSTRY 1. The Acquisition of Symbolic Capital by Consultants: The French Case 2. The Changing Relationship Between Management Consulting and Academia: Evidence from Sweden 3. Management Consultancies in the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s: Between Systemic Context and External Influences 4. The Rise and Fall of a Local Version of Management Consulting in Finland PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONSULTANCY FIRM 5. The Internal Creation of Consulting Knowledge: A Question of Structuring Experience 6. Knowledge Management at Country Level: A Large Consulting Firm in Italy 7. Collaborative Relationships in the Creation and Fashioning of Management Ideas: Gurus, Editors, and Managers 8. Consultancies as Actors in Knowledge Arenas: Evidence from Germany PART III: RELATIONSHIP PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONSULTANCY PROJECT 9. Managers as Marionettes? Using Fashion Theories to Explain the Success of Consultancies 10. Promoting Demand, Gaining Legitimacy, and Broadening Expertise: The Evolution of Consultancy-Client Relationships in Australia 11. The Burden of Otherness: Limits of Consultancy Interventions in Historical Case Studies 12. Managers and Consultants as Embedded Actors: Evidence from Norway