автор: Samuel A. DiPiazza

SAMUEL A. Di PIAZZA jr. is the CEO of Pricewaterhouse Coopers, theglobal professional services firm with some 150, 000 employees, operating in virtually every country worldwide. Mr. Di Piazza hasenjoyed a long career with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, which he joinedin 1973. He most recently served as Senior Partner and Chairman ofthe U.S. firm with executive responsibility for U.S.operations. ROBERT G. ECCLES is founder and president of Advisory Capital Partners, Inc. (ACP), and a Senior Fellow of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Since 1993, ACP has provided strategic, financial, and organizational advisory services to both largecompanies and fast-growing small and medium-sized ones. Prior tofounding ACP, Dr. Eccles was a full professor at Harvard Business School, where he was a faculty member for fourteen years, receivingtenure in 1989.