Notes

1. Unpublished Accenture survey of 325 U.S. executives, January 2003.

2. Unpublished survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and sponsored by Accenture.

3. Unpublished survey sponsored by Accenture.

4. Colin C. Haley, ‘‘EMC, Accenture form Storage Consulting Unit,’’ Aspnews.com, July 10, 2002. See http://www.aspnews.com/news/article/0,,4191_1383011,00.html .

5. See http://www.emc.com/partnersalliances/partner_pages/accenture.jsp.

6. Personal interview, October 2002.

7. See www.hoovers.com.

8. See www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/2000c/10_02_0000632_square.html .

9. Jane Linder and Susan Cantrell, ‘‘It’s All in the Mind (Set),’’ Across the Board, May/June 2002, pp. 38–42.