Transaction cost theory and management consulting: Why do management consultants exist?

Staffan Canbäck

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The paper sheds light on two questions, using transaction cost theory: 1) Why do management consultants exist, and 2) why do they organize in independent firms. The paper also contains a history of the management consulting industry.

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