States that highly structured methods and tools for bringing about organizational change are frequent features in both the management literature and the practice of management consultants. Reports that, in order to understand the nature and popularity of these methods and tools, a study of the...

The contemporary expert society / Staffan Furusten and Andreas Werr -- Experts without rules : scrutinizing the unregulated free zone of the management consultants / Susanna Alexiusi -- Constructing expertise in the business of certification auditing / Kristina Tamm Hallstrom -- Stock analysts ?...

The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to...

1. The contemporary expert society / Staffan Furusten and Andreas Werr -- 2. Experts without rules : scrutinizing the unregulated free zone of the management consultants / Susanna Alexiusi -- 3. Watchdog or business partner? The dual role of certification auditors / Kristina Tamm Hallstrom -- 4....