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26%OFFMariana Mazzucato And Rosie Collington - The Big Con - 9781802060263 - 9781802060263
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The Big Con

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Description for The Big Con Paperback.

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.

Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown.

The 'Big Con' describes the confidence trick the consulting industry performs in contracts with hollowed-out and risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. It grew from the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of reforms by ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781802060263
SKU
9781802060263
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About Mariana Mazzucato And Rosie Collington
Mariana Mazzucato (Author) Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose. Her previous posts include the RM Phillips Professorial Chair at the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University. She is the winner of ... Read more

Reviews for The Big Con
a forceful demolition job on the industry
Adrian Wooldridge
Bloomberg
timely ... the analysis is startling
John Arlidge
Sunday Times
Collington and Mazzucato have provided a meticulously researched anatomy of an industry not widely understood by those outside it. They have explained complex ideas and processes in clear terms, and brought them to life ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Big Con


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