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This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2026 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Large HR Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 15 large US metro markets. (109 pages, 54 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2025 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (108 pages, 53 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2024 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro ma...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro ma...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Strategy Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and a regional breakouts for 1...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2020-2021 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) Three Big Four Firms Show Fiscal 2020 Growth, Led Mostly by Consulting; (3) Accenture Launches Cloudfirst; Agrees to Acquire N3; (4) Deloitte and Former Partners Sanctioned with Largest Penalties in UK FRC History; (5) Rapidly Growing German Robotics Consulting Start-up Receives $21 Million in Funding; (6) FTI Consulting Launches Real Estate Business Transformation Practice; (7) EY Offers Consultants No-Cost MBA Education Through Hult International Business School; (8) Consulting Leadership: FTI, EY, SAIC and Grant Thornton; (9) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry and CEG. (2,950 words)...More

The current edition of the report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2020-2021 Strategy Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (101 pag...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate differential break-outs are included for 14 large metro markets in the US. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Mid-Market Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Mid-Market Specialists; Big Four; Small and Mid-Market Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; HR Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists. (105 p...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 UK Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) Buck Emerges Again as Independent HR Firm; (3) Bain & Co. Strategic Advice Blamed for South Africa Revenue Service Woes; (4) Accenture Completes Acquisitions of Designaffairs and HO Communications; (5) Grant Thornton Consolidates South Africa Member Firms; (6) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, L.E.K., FTI and Grant Thornton; and (7) Thought Leadership: Accenture and Korn Ferry. (2,100 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2018-19 US Strategy Consulting Rates; (2) 2018-19 US Operations Consulting Rates; (3) 2018-19 US Information Technology Consulting Rates; (4) 2018-19 US Tax Advisory Rates; (5) Navigant Sells Legal and Transaction Advisory Practices to Ankura; Resolves Engine Capital Dispute; (6) Separation of Big Four Audit and Advisory Operations Recommended by UK Parliament Committees; (7) Scotland's Anderson & Brown Launches AAB Consulting; (8) Accenture to Acquire Designaffairs and HO Communications; Completes Acquisitions of MXM and Certus; (9) Accenture to Expand Capabilities in Programmatic In-House Media Planning and Buying; (10) Cambridge Analytica Commences Insolvency Proceedings; (11) Veritas Completes Acquisition of PwC US Public Sector Business; (12) Consultants Make Their Advertising Presence Be Known; (13) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, L.E.K., BDO, Harvard, Navigant and SAIC; and (14) Thought Leadership: Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Talmix and Accenture . (3,...More

Table of Contents: (1) Big Four Fiscal 2016 Consulting Rankings and Audit Conflict Risk Metrics (MR Research Note Vol X, No 2); (2) CSC Shareholders Approve HP Enterprise Merger; (3)Oracle Performing Due Diligence on Accenture Acquisition?; (4) Deloitte Acquires Cloud Consultancy, Day 1; Plans to Expand Cloud Capabilities; (5) Accenture Completes First Annapolis, OCTO, Seabury, Focus Group Europe and Davies Transactions; (6) CRA Closes Acquisition of Life Sciences Strategy Specialist, C1 Consulting; (7) BearingPoint Expands Operations Consulting Capabilities with UK and Italy Acquisitions; (8) Ethisphere Honors Accenture, Capgemini and Wipro as 2017 Most Ethical Companies; (9) Consulting Leadership: KPMG, Deloitte, CRA, Marakon, BDO and FTI; and (10) Thought Leadership: Strategy&, L.E.K. and PwC. (2,785 words, 1 Graphic)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Accenture Agrees to Acquire SinnerSchrader, Endgame and iDefense; Closes InvesTech Transaction; (2) Capgemini to Acquire Idean and TCube Solutions; (3)Strategy and Marketing Specialist Simon-Kucher Reaches Growth Milestone; (4) Interpublic Group to Launch Transformational Consulting Practice; (5) Blackstone Acquires Aon Hewitt's HR and Benefits Administration Platform; (6) Consulting Leadership: Bain, BCG, L.E.K. and Accenture; and (7) Thought Leadership: Deloitte and Accenture. (2,125 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 South Africa, Italy and Spain Strategy Consulting Rates: Monadnock Research Reports (Vol IX, No 10-12); (2) Heidrick & Struggles to Acquire Leadership Consultancy, Philosophy IB; (3) Accenture to Acquire Australian Cyber-Security Consultancy, Redcore; (4) Aon Hewitt Acquires Cammack Health; (5) Booz Allen Hamilton Closes Office in Azerbaijan; (6) Infosys to Terminate 3,000 Staff After RBS Announces Plans to Divest Williams & Glyn; (7) Consulting Leadership: Ankura, BAE, BearingPoint, KPMG, PA, Navigant, L.E.K., Huron and FTI; and (8) Thought Leadership: Korn Ferry, Deloitte, Mercer and Hackett. (3,025 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 Norway, Sweden and Netherlands - Strategy Consulting: Monadnock Research Report (Vol IX, No 4-6); (2) BDO's US Affiliate Continues Rapid Consulting Business Expansion with 31% Fiscal 2016 Growth; (3) Netherlands Digital Services Consultancy, MOBGEN, Acquired by Accenture; (4) Accenture Completes Majority Acquisition of Japan's IMJ; (5) CSC Completes Acquisition of Adpediens; (6) Consulting Leadership: BCG, Accenture, L.E.K., Deloitte, BearingPoint, BDO, Huron, SAIC and FTI; and (7) Thought Leadership: Bain & Co., KPMG and BDO. (2,700 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 United Kingdom Rates - Strategy Consulting: Monadnock Research Report (Vol IX, No 4); (2) Deloitte Acquires Niche Strategy Consultancy, Casey Quirk; (3) Accenture Acquires Israeli Cyber Security Firm, Maglan; (4) CF Accountants & Consultants and Morse Wittwer to Combine with Moss Adams; (5) BCG's Technology Strategy Operation, Platinion, Expands Presence in Canada; (6) Consortium that Includes Roland Berger to Invest 15 Million Euros in Services to French Startups for Equity; (7) Consulting Leadership: Accenture, Deloitte, BDO and L.E.K.; and (8) Thought Leadership: A.T. Kearney, KPMG and Deloitte (2,435 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2016-2017 Strategy Consulting rates in the United States of America (US) from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and Median Hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 7 most common strategy categories of professional, as well as for the 15 Monadnock Research categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and titles for each professional level. The report also includes weekly team-based strategy rates for the 10 most popular strategy project team types. A firm category break-out contains: Strategy Specialists and Large Strategy Specialists; Operations Specialists and Large Operations Specialists; Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory; the Big Four; HR Specialists; and IT Consulting Specialists and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides strategy rate detail for 15 US metro...More

Accenture is reportedly in talks to acquire strategy specialist, Booz & Co. With average strategy rates of large IT consulting firms and the Big Four nearly half that of the largest strategy specialists, Accenture has more to gain than anyone if it can re-brand its strategy and operations consulting. Until recently Booz&Co had been focusing primarily on independent organic expansion, with some growth through acquisitions. In April, Booz&Co closed the acquisition of Düsseldorf-based international operations consultancy, Management Engineers, and acquired Katzenbach Partners, in July of 2009. Three years ago the firm called off its proposed merger with A.T. Kearney when partners decided to go it alone. The mutual non-compete between Booz&Co and Booz Allen Hamilton expired two years ago, following their 2008 split. So there appear to be no potential competition conflicts at the company or sector levels that could stand in the way of a deal. MR estimates that Booz&Co has around 3,000 s...More

This new report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures across 13 EMEA countries - United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. The report contains all detail levels covered in each of our 2013 country reports, including 371 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section in each report detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rat...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Italy. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, and Pw...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Spain. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, and Pw...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Switzerland. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, ...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgem...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in South Africa. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM,...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Singapore. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, an...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Brazil. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, and P...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in the Netherlands. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, I...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Japan. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, and Pw...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, ...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in India. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, and Pw...More

This report presents our analysis of mainland China hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures for clients across all industries. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wym...More

This report presents our analysis of hourly and weekly strategy consulting rate structures in Hong Kong. It contains all detail levels covered in each of the other 2013 country reports, including 27 charts and tables, and statistics across between 6 and 15 categories of professional for hourly, daily and weekly rates. The mean and median hourly rates are included by level of professional for blended and non-blended rates across all firms, along with mean and median hourly break-outs for specialists in various categories, including strategy specialists, the Big Four, other advisory services firms, operations consultancies, large and boutique IT consulting specialists, and HR consultancies. There is also a section detailing weekly team-based rates for the largest strategy specialists for 8 different team-types. Rates from firms for the strategy consulting category include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Booz&Co, Accenture, Deloitte, LEK, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Capgemini, A.T. Kearney, IBM, an...More

This Research Note presents strategy rate conversion metrics for 6 of the largest countries in the Asia and Pacific region. The note focuses on the impact non-currency factors have on strategy consulting rates. This allows clients to compute an estimated rate for services where country-specific rates are unavailable, or need to be estimated for strategy work proposed on an hourly, daily, weekly or team basis. Conversion factors are presented for strategy consulting rates in the following locations: China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Australia. (1,690 words)...More

This Research Note presents strategy rate conversion factors for 20 of the largest countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The report focuses on the impact non-currency factors have on strategy consulting rates. This allows clients to compute an estimated rate for services where country-specific rates are unavailable, or need to be estimated for strategy work proposed on an hourly, daily, weekly or team basis. Conversion factors are presented for strategy consulting rates in the following EMEA nations: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and the United Kingdom (U.K.) (2,780 words)...More

Seven of the top 10 most challenging interview processes in a recent Glassdoor study of US organizations were consulting firms. Five of the top 10 companies generate most of their revenues from Strategy consulting. Forty-four percent of the top 25 companies were consultancies. McKinsey, BCG, Oliver Wyman, A.T.Kearney, ZS Associates, Thoughtworks and Bain & Co. were the top 7 companies in the rankings. Research Note includes MR perspective on why the rigorous processes employed by these firms are so important to the clients they serve. (420 words)...More

Accenture: Two-thirds of CIOs and IT professionals participating in a recent survey believe that mobility will impact their businesses as much or more than the Internet did in the 1990s. Only 20-percent of outsourcing engagements are delivering sufficient business value to be classified as "high performance" BPO. Fifty-seven percent of women and 59% of men are dissatisfied with their jobs. But despite this, 69% plan to stay with their employers, with 64% citing flexible work arrangements as the reason for staying. KPMG: Organizations moving to shared services or outsourcing fall short of business goals and constrict business plans unless they first establish a comprehensive service delivery governance structure. Government and tax authorities are examining the tax implications of "virtual currency" conversion by social media gamers in 2012's $14 billion virtual trading market. Getronics: The role of the CIO in its current capacity will not exist in five years. Me...More