Monday 29th Sep, 2014
By Fiona Czerniawska Sounds impossible. Germany boasts – if that’s the right word – the highest consulting rates in the world. Executives we speak to in the region regularly complain about the amount they have to pay, especially to the big strategy firms which are so strongly represented in this market. “Their fee rates aren’t just high, they’re immoral,” is how one senior manager memorably put it when we spoke to him a couple of years ago.
Tuesday 23rd Sep, 2014
With the consulting market growing at 8% in 2013, it’s no wonder consulting firms are building their practices in Turkey. Along with impressive growth, there’s the added security of plenty of well-paid work to be won in the not-too-far-away Gulf. The Turkish consulting market glows brightly among its troubled neighbours, but the glare can obscure the factors that make Turkey a dynamic and unpredictable place.
Thursday 18th Sep, 2014
The Mexican economy is much like a slumbering tiger. Sedated for many years by violence, corruption, and monopolies, it’s been woken recently by the unfamiliar noise of a reformist government shaking things up. Still somewhat groggy, having slept for too long, the tiger can smell change. If the Mexican economy is a tiger then the country’s consulting market is arguably its gently purring cub: worth $550m in 2013 it’s growing slightly faster than the rest of the economy, though by no more than about 2%, and seeing healthy demand across all services.
Tuesday 16th Sep, 2014
By B.J. Richards The Indian consulting market, far more than most others, has a pretty dramatically polarized service offering. At one end of the spectrum, you have technology consulting, which makes up just shy of half the market. On the other, you’ll find strategy consulting, which is responsible for another quarter of all the work done here. And there’s very little happening in between.
Monday 15th Sep, 2014
By B.J. Richards In last year’s report on the Australian consulting market, we wondered if 2013 would be remembered as the year that the troubles of the world finally found their way to Australia. The global financial crisis (or GFC, as the locals like to call it) had long been wreaking havoc across much of the world, and yet Australia had remained largely unbothered – it’s enormous physical distance from most other modern economies serving as a highly effective buffer.
Saturday 26th Jul, 2014
By Fiona Czerniawska The tragic events in Ukraine over the summer are a salutary reminder of just how desperately unpredictable the situation there remains.
Friday 18th Jul, 2014
By Edward Haigh A year ago I asked an Indian systems integrator if they were planning to target the French market where organisations were in deep cost cutting mode. “Too hard,” was the response: leaving aside the usual barriers to doing business in France (have you been to the right école?), French businesses were thought to be culturally inclined against IT outsourcing and strict labour laws precluded most of the potential savings.
Friday 11th Jul, 2014
By Fiona Czerniawska “Pessimists will no doubt despair,” begins our report on consulting in the Benelux region, “not least because while we foresee a slight uptick in 2014, there remains little to suggest that Benelux consulting firms are about to start seeing the levels of growth enjoyed by their neighbours to the west and east.”
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