tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365320.post5755755143121648378..comments2007-04-04T10:16:07.272+08:00Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674fons.tuinstra@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365320.post-20290137666147861942007-04-04T10:16:00.000+08:002007-04-04T10:16:00.000+08:00You are right on the consultants, Marc. We were looking at the list of famous US speakers and wondered how that would apply in China. The consultants on that list do not represent the bigger firms, but basically themselves and have a career as professional speaker. Big names, though, but that might not yet be a category we can identify clearly in China, the independent big consultants. Although, a few names come to my mind.Fons Tuinstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661962166788808674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365320.post-58898483182112677412007-04-04T10:06:00.000+08:002007-04-04T10:06:00.000+08:00Not sure if it's an ethical dilemma why top business people cannot accept money for speeches. If they are employed by a multinational company they normally are not allowed to earn money from speeches (a gift is fine, however). <BR/><BR/>But I don't understand why consultants could accept the fee, are you talking about the big consulting companies (McKinsey, Roland Berger, BCG etc.) or the smaller ones? The smaller ones I could understand, but they are likely not the people that you want to have on your list.Marc van der Chijshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004763079542447943noreply@blogger.com