Featured Research

• Global Consulting Marketplace: Key Data, Trends and Forecasts
  Kennedy forecasts that total demand for consulting services will continue to decelerate through 2010. This period of slow growth, precipitated by economic factors, increased financing challenges and decreased M&A activity, has created the most significant challenge as yet to be faced by the consulting profession. Kennedy analysts predict the downturn will persist for a comparatively long time and is not expected to rebound with a significant upswing, as has historically been the case.
• Performance Management Consulting Marketplace: Key Trends, Profiles and Forecasts
  An increase in the number of factors affecting performance, the need to contain risks, and broader organizational focus are ushering in a new phase of Performance Management advisory. Historically a finance function that attempts to measure company performance against key metrics, Performance Management has grown increasingly complex due to such influences as globalization, regulation and corporate accountability. As these factors contribute to burgeoning risk factors associated with the enterprise, new and revitalized consulting services are filling the vacuum.