Dr. Robert Harris, Professor Emeritus in the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, Expands CRA's Economic Consulting Capabilities
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 23, 2009--CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial and management consulting services, today announced the expansion of its economic consulting capabilities. Robert G. Harris, Ph.D., a recognized expert in telecommunications, regulation, antitrust, and competition policy, has joined CRA as a Senior Consultant.
CRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer James C. Burrows, said, “Dr. Harris has excellent qualifications as an economic consultant, expert witness and academic, and is someone who I greatly admire. He has been a leading voice in our industry, particularly for antitrust and regulatory issues in telecommunications. His experience, skill and insight are exceptional and we look forward to working with him.”
Dr. Harris has advised in the areas of economic regulation and antitrust for nearly 30 years. At the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now Professor Emeritus, he taught courses in managerial economics, antitrust and competition policy, and telecommunications. He also served as chair of the Business & Public Policy Group and director of the Consortium in Telecommunications Policy Research. He has published more than 50 academic articles and dozens of reports analyzing competition, public policies, competitive strategies, and technological change.
As an expert witness, Dr. Harris has testified before congressional committees on antitrust, regulatory policy, and telecommunications legislation and before the Federal Communications Commission; the US Department of Justice; 27 state regulatory commissions; and national regulators in Canada, Australia, and Mexico. Dr. Harris has also testified in state and federal courts, arbitration, and mediation on class certification, relevant market definition, competitive effects, liability, damage causality, and economic damages in cases involving mergers, monopolization and attempted monopolization, price fixing, vertical restraints, intellectual property, and commercial litigation in telecommunications, information technologies, and a wide range of other industries.
Professor Harris has also served as a business consultant to leading telecommunications companies on mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring; the development of public policy advocacy strategies; and technology forecasting and the implications of technological change for business strategy.
“We are delighted to have Dr. Harris join our Oakland, California office,” said Margaret Sanderson, leader of CRA’s Antitrust and Competition Economics Consulting Practice. “He will be an important leader within the Competition Practice’s telecommunications and regulatory group, in addition to expanding the group of senior academic testifying experts with whom we work.”
A founder of the Law & Economics Consulting Group (LECG), Dr. Harris was a member of LECG’s Board of Directors and served as managing director of its Telecommunications Practice. Dr. Harris holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Social Science from Michigan State University.
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CRA International’s Antitrust & Competition Economic Consulting Practice
CRA’s competition economists provide economic analysis and testimony in competition matters around the world. Many have served in government antitrust agencies and are members of premier academic, economic and law faculties. Our experience extends to many industries, including healthcare, energy, computer hardware/software, retailing, telecommunications, entertainment, transportation, natural resources, sports, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and consumer products. The practice’s roots lie in US antitrust law. Since our work on behalf of IBM in the 1970s, we have worked on many of the most important government and private antitrust suits on record, including IBM, Kodak, Microsoft, Visa-MasterCard, and Weyerhaeuser.
About CRA International
Founded in 1965, CRA International is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial and business management expertise to major law firms, businesses, accounting firms and governments. CRA's consultants combine uncommon analytical rigor with practical experience and in-depth understanding of industries and markets. CRA is adept at handling critical, tough assignments with high-stakes outcomes. CRA's analytical strength enables it to reach objective, factual conclusions that help clients make important business and policy decisions and resolve critical disputes. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Detailed information about CRA is available at http://www.crai.com.
Statements in this press release concerning the expected use of Robert Harris’ expertise, the future business, operating results, estimated cost savings, and financial condition of the Company and statements using the terms “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “should,” or similar expressions, are “forward-looking” statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain and actual performance and results may differ materially due to many important factors. Such factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by the Company include, among others, the Company’s restructuring costs and attributable annual cost savings, changes in the Company’s effective tax rate, share dilution from the Company’s convertible debt offering and stock options, dependence on key personnel, attracting and retaining qualified consultants, dependence on outside experts, utilization rates, risks associated with acquisitions it may make in the future, risks inherent in international operations, the performance of NeuCo, changes in accounting standards, rules and regulations, changes in the law that affect its practice areas, management of new offices, the potential loss of clients, dependence on the growth of the Company’s business consulting practice, the unpredictable nature of litigation-related projects, the ability of the Company to integrate successfully new consultants into its practice, intense competition, risks inherent in litigation, and professional liability. Further information on these and other potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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