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Business Advisory Services Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts

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Business Advisory Services Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts

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The rush to compete in the Operations Management marketplace by an abundance of non-traditional Operations Management vendors (niche Operations Management firms, Strategy, IT, BAS, and even some HR firms from a change management perspective) — has not only intensified competition; it has also created more diversity within the Operations Management consulting landscape, and increased the number of firms that can provide end-to-end solutions.

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Operations Management Consulting Marketplace: Key Data, Trends and Forecasts

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Finance Management Consulting Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts
Shouldering greater responsibility for their company than ever before, CFOs demand an increase in the breadth of Finance Management advisory services to support their new roles. Similar to the functional organizations that they run, CFOs are building competencies in Value Enhancement. Kennedy identifies this as an area where consultancies that serve the Finance Management consulting marketplace are pointedly working to build relationships and credibility with clients.
Public Sector Consulting Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts
The largest vertical within the global consulting market, and one of the only client industries experiencing expanding demand, the Public Sector is a safe haven in a recession — and consulting firms know it. Budget deficits and the associated pressure to provide more services with fewer resources, combined with waning institutional knowledge are prompting consultancies to reposition their Private Sector solutions to the Public Sector.
HR Consulting Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts
A new regulatory environment bodes well for practices serving the HR consulting Marketplace, specifically those specializing in benefits and actuarial work. In the short-term, changes to IAS 19 (International Accounting Standards) will prompt client demand in the U.S. Looking ahead to 2014-2016; the highly-anticipated adoption of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) is expected to do the same, worldwide.
Risk Management Consulting Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts
The stark projection of Risk Management consulting client demand, now through 2012, is largely a result of clients’ budgetary restrictions; their intense focus on near-term engagements; and SOX risk compliance work becoming near obsolete. Lessening the blow of an overall grim outlook are three emerging regulations, and crucial changes to existing regulatory enactments, expected to drive demand and prompt new deliverables and service offerings.

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