Often, the consultantiscalledonlyaftertheseefforts - and those of thebusiness owners'friends, colleagues, andneighbors - havefailed to resolve the problem.
Summarizing an avalanche ofefforts to equalize lives by improving the schools attended by poor kids, economist Eric A. Hanushek of the University of Rochester and economic consultant Julie A. Somers of PHB Hagler Bailly report that these efforts have failed.
Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Labor have confirmed the existence ofconsultant conflicts, consultants are intensifying their efforts to thwart independent investigations.
Of course, by 1940, commercial air service had been hauling transcontinental freight, passengers, and mail for more than a decade, and doing so largely as a result of the incentive of Lindbergh's solo feat and his industrious efforts as a million-dollar-a-year consultant to the newly organized airlines.