http://retheauditors.com/2006/10/25/hired-guns/ The Business of the Big 4 Audit Firms Mon, 21 May 2012 14:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://retheauditors.com/2006/10/25/hired-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-126605 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » PwC Trying To Buy Consulting Revenue Again With Diamond Deal Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:13:47 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=210#comment-126605 [...] But I knew more about the firm based on my attendance in 2001 at Harvard Business School’s Leading Professional Services Firms executive education program.  We discussed a case study on Bergstein and Diamond called, [...] [...] But I knew more about the firm based on my attendance in 2001 at Harvard Business School’s Leading Professional Services Firms executive education program.  We discussed a case study on Bergstein and Diamond called, [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2006/10/25/hired-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-62392 Francine McKenna: Sarbanes-Oxley for Everyone: To Be or Not To Be? | News from: The Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:48 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=210#comment-62392 [...] Tell that to the employees of Huron Consulting, a public company in Chicago, under $500 million in revenue. Huron is under SEC investigation, threatened by serious shareholder lawsuits, has lost its three top officers, and is weathering excoriation by the very clients they were put on earth to serve. Bad accounting, greedy management and a rush to go public, as well as Andersen-stye hubris put this former high flyer in the dog house. Tell me they should not have, maybe, stayed true to professional services and partnership ideals and kept it small and simple. [...] [...] Tell that to the employees of Huron Consulting, a public company in Chicago, under $500 million in revenue. Huron is under SEC investigation, threatened by serious shareholder lawsuits, has lost its three top officers, and is weathering excoriation by the very clients they were put on earth to serve. Bad accounting, greedy management and a rush to go public, as well as Andersen-stye hubris put this former high flyer in the dog house. Tell me they should not have, maybe, stayed true to professional services and partnership ideals and kept it small and simple. [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2006/10/25/hired-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-61384 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Sarbanes-Oxley For Everyone: To Be Or Not To Be? (With Postscript) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:08:48 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=210#comment-61384 [...] should not have, maybe, stayed true to professional services and partnership ideals and kept it small and simple. Imposing Sarbanes-Oxley on all public companies should not be a cost-benefit decision but a [...] [...] should not have, maybe, stayed true to professional services and partnership ideals and kept it small and simple. Imposing Sarbanes-Oxley on all public companies should not be a cost-benefit decision but a [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2006/10/25/hired-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-6679 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Hired Guns - Continued Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:22:22 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=210#comment-6679 [...] My comment, which was posted under the title “Hired Guns” is here. [...] [...] My comment, which was posted under the title “Hired Guns” is here. [...]

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