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I had always heard that McKinsey is the leading consulting firm in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world. And I have many friends who got their professional start there. This book reveals the sorry truth about this firm, how it is driven solely by profit and in many cases works at cross purposes with clients in the same field but on opposite sides of an issue.
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