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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. It includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 275 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.

Table of Contents:
PLUNKETT'S CONSULTING INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2007 CONTENTS A Short Consulting Industry Glossary i 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 10 3) Accounting Firms Refocus/Smaller Consulting Firms Gain Clients 10 4) Many Industry Sectors Seek Consulting and Outsourcing Income, Competing with Pure Consultancies 11 5) Major Corporations and Organizations Develop Internal Consultants to Cut Costs 12 6) Corporate Clients Want Solid Returns on IT Investments 12 7) Government Consulting is Strong, Including IT, Transportation, Defense and Security 13 8) Consultancies Move Towards Globalization 14 9) Offshoring to India Drives Changes in Global Consulting 15 10) White-Collar and Professional Tasks Are Offshored to a Growing Extent 16 11) Consulting Firms Are Once Again Recruiting MBAs, and Accounting Employees Are in High Demand 17 Chapter 2: Consulting Industry Statistics 21 Consulting Industry Overview 22 Consulting Industry Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 1998-2006 23 Management Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2004-2005 24 Environmental Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2004-2005 25 U.S. Consulting Industry Employment: 2000-April 2007 26 Largest Computer & Internet Consulting Companies: 2005-2006 27 Largest U.S. Management & Strategy Consulting Companies: 2005-2006 28 Largest U.S. Human Resources Consulting Companies: 2005-2006 29 Chapter 3: Important Consulting Industry Contacts 31 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites Chapter 4: THE CONSULTING 300: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 61 Industry List, With Codes 62 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 64 Alphabetical Index 72 Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 75 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 78 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 79 Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 88 Individual Profiles on each of THE CONSULTING 300 91 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 358 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 359

About the Author :
Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett's client list includes 5,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website, www.plunkettresearch.com, and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors. Jack Plunkett's work has been widely covered by hundreds of magazines, newspapers and broadcast stations, including stories in USA Today and Inc. Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal. The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists.

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"Users will benefit from the directory's many indexes...a solid addition to the business collections of academic libraries and large public libraries...a useful starting point for those corporate librarians doing competitive intelligence." American Reference Books Annual "Information found in this work is difficult to obtain elsewhere." American Reference Books Annual


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781593920708
  • Publisher: Plunkett Research, Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Plunkett Research, Ltd
  • Height: 279 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Consulting Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends and Leading Companies
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1593920709
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 51 mm
  • Weight: 1814 gr


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