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Consulting: If you’re not part of the solution, there is a lot of money to be made in prolonging the problem.
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Orr, L.M., Orr, D.J. (2013). The Industry. In: When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4735-7_2
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