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The Global Management Consulting Sector

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  • Andrew C Gross

    (New York, NY, 10005, USA.)

  • Jozsef Poor

    (Department of Management, University of Pecs, Budapest, Rákóczi út 80, Hungary.)

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While other practices or professions trace their roots back several centuries, management consulting is less than 150 years old. However, this sector has made giant strides in the West, especially in the United States, from the 1930s to the present and in Western Europe since the 1950s. Waves of internationalization occurred on both sides of the Atlantic. Expansion got a further boost when Central Europe opened the gates in 1990. With that opening and the World Wide Web, both local and big multinational management consultants stepped up their efforts. Further strides are being made now in the booming Asia-Pacific region. We first explore historical highlights and the key drivers of growth; then briefly analyze service offerings, enduse markets, available statistics, and company profiles. Finally, we probe emerging trends and the contours in this field, a sector that is an amalgam of management practice and a professional service. Our investigation is based on archives, theses, research databanks, association and company data, and our own primary work.Business Economics (2008) 43, 59–68; doi:10.2145/20080408

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  • Andrew C Gross & Jozsef Poor, 2008. "The Global Management Consulting Sector," Business Economics, Palgrave Macmillan;National Association for Business Economics, vol. 43(4), pages 59-68, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:buseco:v:43:y:2008:i:4:p:59-68
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    1. Ferencné Farkas Dr. & Andrew C. Gross, Ph.D. & Agnes Milovecz, 2011. "Trends and tendencies in management consulting in light of local and international development," Proceedings- 9th International Conference on Mangement, Enterprise and Benchmarking (MEB 2011),, Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management.
    2. Silvio Mario Brondoni & Margherita Corniani & Sabina Riboldazzi, 2013. "Networks e boutiques di management consulting nei mercati globali," ECONOMIA E DIRITTO DEL TERZIARIO, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2013(2), pages 181-199.
    3. Ágnes Tokár-Szadai, 2012. "Tendencies in the European and Hungarian Management Consulting Market," Theory Methodology Practice (TMP), Faculty of Economics, University of Miskolc, vol. 8(02), pages 88-94.
    4. Tudor Ciumara & Iulia Lupu, 2016. "Features and Regional Disparities of Consultancy Services in Romania," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 18(41), pages 1-25, February.
    5. Przemyslaw Hensel, 2013. "Doradztwo jako temat badan naukowych – przegl¹d wspolczesnej literatury. (Consulting as a subject of study – a review of a recent literature.)," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 11(43), pages 9-24.
    6. Ágnes Milovecz & Erzsébet Noszkay & József Poór, 2013. "Knowledge Transfer in Professional Service Business – In Focus Consultant and Client Relationships in Crisis Environment," Proceedings- 11th International Conference on Mangement, Enterprise and Benchmarking (MEB 2013),, Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management.

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