McKinsey believes the strategy in the first phase of globalization of management consulting industry between 1950 and 1973. Brief history management consulting, before considering the factors that led McKinsey, to open its first international office in London in 1959. Describes the subsequent rapid growth of international McKinsey and its major competitors and their role in the spread of American management concepts worldwide. By 1973, however, the new managing director of McKinsey encountered evidence that global demand for such services has been on the decline, in part because the U.S. model of management is becoming less attractive. "Hide
by Jeffrey J. Jones, Alexis Lefort Source: HBS 14 pages. Publication Date: August 22, 2005. Prod. #: 806035-PDF-ENG
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