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The story of mckinsey and its secret influence on american business by duff mcdonald a. Duff mcdonalds new book about the people who built mckinsey, the consulting firm that has quietly influenced american business for decades, explains the firms tremendous accomplishmentsand its equally stunning failures. In the new york times bestseller the firm, star financial journalist duff mcdonald shows just how, in becoming an indispensable part of decision making at the. Sep 02, 20 the firm, by duff mcdonald, chronicles the rise of the worlds most influential management consulting firm, but also cites its many failures. Mckinsey has been compared to the jesuits, the us marines, the roman army and, in this book, to a corporate. In duff mcdonald s comprehensive new history of the consultancy firm mckinsey, also tantalisingly called the firm, there is no such messy reckoning for the company at the heart of the story, nor.
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