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Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research

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  • Corrado Cerruti
  • Ernesto Tavoletti
  • Cecilia Grieco

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Purpose - Academic research on management consulting or having management consultancy as the main research field is huge as the sector is a strategic one for management innovation, but a systematic and updated literature review is missing. This paper aims to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive systematic review of scholarly peer reviewed journals looking at the ambivalent roles of consultants in driving management innovation as well as management fashions. Design/methodology/approach - A systematic literature review has been performed. Findings - This paper provides a systematization of existing literature, where the state of the art is assessed and future research paths are highlighted. Originality/value - The proposed research fills the gap concerning a review of literature on this topic and provides an analysis of 50 years of scholarly research, highlighting both the bright and dark sides of management consulting.

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  • Corrado Cerruti & Ernesto Tavoletti & Cecilia Grieco, 2019. "Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 42(8), pages 902-925, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-03-2018-0100
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2018-0100
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    Cited by:

    1. Emil Lucian Crișan & Liana Stanca, 2021. "The digital transformation of management consulting companies: a qualitative comparative analysis of Romanian industry," Information Systems and e-Business Management, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1143-1173, December.
    2. Richard John Ormerod, 2022. "The economic logic of OR consulting practice: Towards a foundational view," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(4), pages 685-707, July.

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