Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2011: Consulting Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

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The Only Comprehensive

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Jack W. Plunkett

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CONTENTS

A Short Consulting Industry Glossary ix
Introduction 1
How To Use This Book 3
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Consulting Industry 7
1) Introduction to the Consulting Industry 7
2) Consulting Firms Accept Assignments with Contingency Fees 11
3) Accounting Firms Refocus/ Clients Need Assistance with Regulatory Matters 11
4) Many Industry Sectors Seek Consulting and Outsourcing Income, Competing with Pure
Consultancies 13
5) Major Corporations and Organizations Develop Internal Consultants to Cut Costs 14
6) Corporate Clients Want Solid Returns on IT Investments 14
7) Federal Government Consulting Will Be Curtailed as Part of Budget Austerity 15
8) Consultancies Move Towards Globalization 15
9) Offshoring to India Drives Changes in Global Consulting 16
10) BPO and KPO: White-Collar and Professional Tasks Are Offshored to a Growing Extent 18
11) New MBAs Desire Consulting Jobs 19
Chapter 2: Consulting Industry Statistics 22
Consulting Industry Overview 23
Consulting Industry Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2010 24
Management Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2006-2009 25
Environmental Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2006-2009 26
Consulting Industry Employment, U.S.: 2004-2010 27
Chapter 3: Important Consulting Industry Contacts 28
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
Chapter 4: THE CONSULTING 250:
Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 60
Industry List, With Codes 61
Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 63
Alphabetical Index 70
Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 72
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 75
Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 76
Index by Firms with International Operations 84
Individual Profiles on each of THE CONSULTING 250 87
Additional Indexes
Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 349
Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 350
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A Short Consulting Industry Glossary ADM: The application, development and
maintenance of software.

10-K: An annual report filed by publicly held
Advanced Professional Degree (APD): Advanced
companies. It provides a comprehensive overview of
professional degree (e.g., MD, PhD).
the company's business and its finances. By law, it

must contain specific information and follow a given
AI: See “Artificial Intelligence (AI).”
form, the “Annual Report on Form 10-K.” The U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission requires that it
Ajax: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It is a
be filed within 90 days after fiscal year end.
technology that enables web page data to update
However, these reports are often filed late due to
within a browser on a continuous basis, thus updating
extenuating circumstances. Variations of a 10-K are
the page on the fly. This means that applications that
often filed to indicate amendments and changes.
reside on the Internet, such as instant messaging, can
Most publicly held companies also publish an
appear to run so quickly that they seem like programs
“annual report” that is not on Form 10-K. These
that are local to a user's computer. An example is
annual reports are more informal and are frequently
Google Inc.'s Google Maps, launched in 2005.
used by a company to enhance its image with
During that year, Microsoft also announced services
customers, investors and industry peers.
that will run via Ajax.

3PF: See “Third-Party Fulfillment (3PF).”
Annual Report: See “10-K (10K).”

3PL: See “Third-Party Logistics (3PL).”
Anticompetitive Leasing Arrangement: A lease

that limits the type and amount of competition a
4PL: See “Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL).”
particular retailer faces within a trading area (e.g., a

lease that will not allow two supermarkets in one
802.11n (MIMO): Multiple Input Multiple Output
shopping center).
antenna technology. MIMO is a new standard in the

series of 802.11 Wi-Fi specifications for wireless
Antidumping Tariffs: Additional duties which are
networks. It has the potential of providing data
assessed on imported goods when those goods are
transfer speeds of 100 to perhaps as much as 500
sold to the importing country at a price that is less
Mbps. 802.11n also boasts better operating distances
than “fair value” (“fair value” usually being defined
than current networks. MIMO uses spectrum more
as the price on the exporting country's domestic
efficiently without any loss of reliability. The
market or to third countries) and when those
technology is based on several different antennas all
imported goods are found to cause or threaten to
tuned to the same channel, each transmitting a
cause material injury to industry of the importing
different signal. MIMO will be widely used as an
country.
enhancement to WiMAX networks.

Antitrust Legislation: A set of laws that foster a
802.15: See “Ultrawideband (UWB).” For 802.15.1,
competitive environment preventing unreasonable
see “Bluetooth.”
restraint of trade or unfair trade practices such as

price-fixing. In the United States, antitrust laws
802.15.1: See “Bluetooth.”
originated with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.

Accordion Theory: A cyclical theory of retailer
APAC: Asia Pacific Advisory Committee. A multi-
evolution suggesting that changes in retail institutions
country committee representing the Asia and Pacific
are explained in terms of depth versus breadth of
region.
assortment. Retail institutions cycle from high-

depth/low-breadth to low-depth/high-breadth stores
APD: See “Advanced Professional Degree (APD).”
and back again.

Application Service Provider (ASP): A web site
Activity-Based Costing (ABC): A set of accounting
that enables utilization of software and databases that
methods used to identify and describe costs and
reside permanently on a service company's remote
required resources for activities within processes.
web server, rather than having to be downloaded to