The firm moved to bottle his energy, buying his consultancy and hiring him and three dozen henchmen to form Corio.
In others it has followed a trend among big Western builders of buying specialist consultancies, in areas such as soil mechanics and electrical engineering, to have their expertise on tap.
The bank, which had a large team investigating the deal, claimed that it had been unaware previously of the financial confusion, unforeseen costs and future liabilities at the Dome.See article: The Dome's latest disasterHewlett-Packard, an American technology company, is in talks with PricewaterhouseCoopers to buy the consultancy arm from the "big five" accountancy firm.
The Bold Prediction Dell buys a consultancy to further its transformation to enterprise systems provider.
Oren Weintraub, founder of a car-buying consultancy, Authority Auto, and a former sales manager at a large Southern California Ford dealership, says that when he negotiates a new lease or purchase on behalf of a client, he strongly recommends a test drive.
Kopec's job in corporate procurement mostly involves buying services such as consultancy and training, but recently he's been seconded internally to venue procurement.
After buying PDI Ninth House, a leadership consultancy, it now derives 40% of its revenue from non-search sources, including assessments of managers and succession planning.Russell Reynolds is concentrating on the growing need for technology staff among non-IT companies.
WIPRO LTD., Bangalore, India, a software developer, agreed to buy the utility consultancy business of American Management Systems Inc., Fairfax, Va., for $26 million.
Infosys Technologies, a software services provider, said it had agreed to buy a British consultancy, the Axon Group, for £407 million ($753 million) to expand in Europe.
The company recently bought youth marketing consultancy agency Archrival and social marketing applications developer Stuzo.
Richard Thompson, vice president of training for Adecco, a human-resources consultancy, bought software from GeoLearning to train his employees online.
