ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the quite significant role played by management consulting in internationalization. More specifically, it looks at three ways in which consultants have shaped and are shaping global business – and globalization more generally: (i) their own international expansion, (ii) their role in spreading similar business models around the globe, and (iii) the ways they promoted and shaped the internationalization of their client organizations. For each of these, the chapter summarizes the – generally rather limited – extant literature on the topic and its main findings and discusses, if possible, whether these findings confirm or challenge current theories and frameworks in international business.
