Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2010

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 Research provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and Nanotechnology. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors, including Bloomberg and ThomsonReuters.Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including The Next Boom: What you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025. This book won a 2011 gold medal in the Business Book Awards competition sponsored by Axiom and INC Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Time magazine, 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. Plunkett received an Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett’s Health Care Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.

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• PLUNKETT'S CONSULTING INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2010 CONTENTS A Short Consulting Industry Glossary x 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 11 3) Accounting Firms Refocus/Smaller Consulting Firms Gain Clients 11 4) Many Industry Sectors Seek Consulting and Outsourcing Income, Competing with Pure Consultancies 13 5) Major Corporations and Organizations Develop Internal Consultants to Cut Costs 14 6) Corporate Clients Want Solid Returns on IT Investments 14 7) Federal Government Consulting Will Be Strong, Including the Sectors of Transportation, Health Care, Energy and Cyber Security 15 8) Consultancies Move Towards Globalization 16 9) Offshoring to India Drives Changes in Global Consulting 17 10) BPO and KPO: White-Collar and Professional Tasks Are Offshored to a Growing Extent 18 11) New MBAs Desire Consulting Jobs 20 Chapter 2: Consulting Industry Statistics 23 Consulting Industry Overview 24 Consulting Industry Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2000-2009 25 Management Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2005-2008 26 Environmental Consulting Services Revenue, U.S.: 2005-2008 27 Consulting Industry Employment, U.S.: 2002-2009 28 Chapter 3: Important Consulting Industry Contacts 29 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE CONSULTING 250: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 62 Industry List, With Codes 63 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 65 Alphabetical Index 73 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 74 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 77 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 78 Index by Firms with International Operations 87 Individual Profiles on each of THE CONSULTING 250 90 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 358 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 360