Thursday 7th Nov, 2013
By Edward Haigh On 7th June 1494 Spain and Portugal signed the treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the world outside Europe between the two countries: anything to the west of a meridian 370 leagues to the west of the Cape Verde Islands would be Spain's. Anything to the east would be Portugal's. Notwithstanding the centuries of rape which followed*, 513 years later this saved both countries consulting markets.
Monday 28th Oct, 2013
By Fiona Czerniawska “We’re always looking for expertise.” It’s what every German executive says when we quiz them about their use of consultants, to a point where the German consulting market (closely followed by the Swiss and Austrian ones) has become a byword for specialist knowledge. Vorsprung durch technik isn’t just for cars.
Monday 21st Oct, 2013
By Edward Haigh Readers of our latest UK consulting market report will doubtless have been interested in the section at the end, where we showed how likely clients were to mention each of the world's leading consulting firms, and how likely those who did so were to be happy about them.
Wednesday 16th Oct, 2013
By Edward Haigh In most emerging markets the important decision about where to set up shop is usually a relatively easy one for consulting firms: you either go where your clients lead you, or you find the biggest financial centre and plonk yourself in the middle of it. In the GCC that typically means Dubai or Abu Dhabi. In China it's Shanghai or Beijing. In India, Mumbai. Maybe Delhi. But what about Africa?
Monday 14th Oct, 2013
By Fiona Czerniawska Having a business-led approach to technology issues could be the factor that determines success in the Nordic consulting market.
Monday 7th Oct, 2013
By Source Senior Analyst, B.J. Richards
Friday 13th Sep, 2013
We should probably apologise: our recent report on the consulting market in the Benelux region wasn't the cheeriest report we've produced this year - finding, as it did, a market contracting by more than 3% - but then the consultants we spoke to in the region weren't exactly in a good mood to start off with. Of course our reports aren't designed to put anyone in a mood, good or bad, but rather to inform people about what's going on, as accurately as possible. Nevertheless, if they did make anyone feel downbeat then we're sorry about that.
Wednesday 7th Aug, 2013
By guest writer, Tale Skjølsvik, Associate Professor at Oslo and Akershus University College
Thursday 27th Jun, 2013
By Fiona Czerniawska The global consulting market may have grown by around 7% in 2012, but the picture in southern Europe is a reminder that good times never last forever.
Friday 14th Jun, 2013
Our forthcoming report on the US consulting market reveals just how much it continued to defy accepted thinking in 2012.
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