Consulting Alert: Arthur D. Little Might Have To Name Names.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2001 After deal fails, PA Consulting Group PA Consulting Group (PA) is an international management consulting firm known for its expertise in technology and new product development.[1] As of 2007 it operates in more than 35 countries. The firm works across both the private and public sectors. plays hardball in lawsuit. A consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a whose merger negotiations with another consultant went sour is now trying to force its would-be partner to make some very discomforting disclosures in court, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Consulting Alert.(http://www.straffordpub.com/products/can/index.html) PA Consulting Group, a London-based firm, wants a judge to make Cambridge, Mass.-based Arthur D. Little Arthur D. Little, Inc. is the world's first management consulting firm. Founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who discovered acetate, and co-worker Roger Griffin, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted technology research. & Co. name any company it's negotiating with, and divulge the terms of those talks, Consulting Alert says in its latest edition. That could prove more of a headache for Arthur D. Little than the $2 million in damages PA's lawsuit wants, which seems a modest figure these days. Until this past spring, PA and Arthur D. Little were in merger talks. In a federal lawsuit filed in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , PA says it terminated the negotiations when an Arthur D. Little executive admitted it was talking with another suitor SUITOR. One who is a party to a suit or action in court. One who is a party to an action. In its ancient sense, suitor meant one Who was bound to attend the county court, also, one who formed part of the secta. (q.v.) , in violation of an exclusivity agreement. PA thinks Arthur D. Little has held discussions with Monitor Group and at least one other consulting firm, although no deal has come to pass, Consulting Alert reports. For more coverage of the spat between these two prominent consulting firms, and other top consulting news, go to http://www.straffordpub.com/headlines/consulting.html. Consulting Alert, http://www.straffordpub.com/products/can/index.html a twice-monthly newsletter, is the leading independent briefing on news and competitive intelligence for the management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects profession. It is published by Atlanta-based Strafford Publications, Inc. (http://www.straffordpub.com). Consulting Alert (http://www.straffordpub.com/products/can/index.html) is available for a limited time at the discount rate of $247 - a $50 savings off the regular price of $297. Orders should be directed to: Strafford Publications, Inc., 590 Dutch Valley Road, NE, Postal Drawer 13729, Atlanta, GA 30324-0729; Phone: 800-926-7926; Fax: 404-881-0074; E-mail: custserv@straffordpub.com. |
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