Distance Training" models, when integrated in a more complex framework, such as a "Distance Consulting" model, present specific features and impose a revision of the strategies commonly adopted in distance training experiences. This paper reports on the distance training strategies adopted in a European funded project aimed at defining and developing distance consulting services for Small and M...

Information technology investments and the management consulting industry witnessed unprecedented growth in the last decade. This led to regulators’ (SEC and Congress) allegations that consulting services that are provided by incumbent auditors may be disguised extra payments to auditors for favorable financial reporting. However, there may be alternative valid reasons for procurement of consul...

Conflict of Commitment (COC). A conflict arising when time expended on Outside Activities such as consulting or entrepreneurial activities interferes with a Covered Person’s ability to meet his or her Institutional Responsibilities. (SOM faculty may, with approval of their chair, contract with outside entities for consulting or other external professional activities as described in SOM Policy o...