Clients are now looking before they leap, asking specialists such as the Gartner Group for advice on the consulting market.
According to Canalys, a consulting and market research firm in the U.K., the global smart phone market will grow from 53 million units in 2005 to 100 million units this year and to 250 million units in 2008.
Accenture shares are trading modestly lower Monday morning after Bernstein Research analyst Rod Bourgeois cut his rating on the IT consulting firm to Market Perform from Outperform in what it basically a pure valuation call.
"It is an absolute nightmare, " said Shaun Rein, whose consulting firm, China Market Research Group, employs about 20 analysts in the country.
Dr. Patrick Rishe is the Director of Sportsimpacts, a sports consulting firm specializing in market research analyses for professional and amateur sports entities.
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Dr. Patrick Rishe is the Director of Sportsimpacts, a sports consulting firm specializing in market research and economic impact studies of pro and college sporting events.
Many owners, including Ken Lopez of Washington, who started using social media to market his consulting business in 2011, tend to think the "value" of social media comes primarily from measurable factors, such as pageviews, click-throughs or direct sales.
They are also principals of the Keller Fay Group, a market research and consulting firm specializing in word of mouth.
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According to Venturebeat, a new study by market research and consulting company found that 135 million people now play games for at least one hour a month, up from 56 million in 2008.
On the other hand, Lin Huaibin, the manager responsible for China vehicle sales forecasts for IHS Automotive, a leading independent consulting firm, still expects the market to grow by 10 percent in 2011, stimulated by subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles as well as the more than 9.5 percent GDP growth forecast by the IHS economist.
Objective Analysis provides consulting services for participants in the semiconductor market.
How could our fledgling China Market Research Group take on the big consulting firms?
Seventh, the consultant may sell marketing consulting services to managers (including how managers should market themselves to consultants) and host conferences where managers can meet pension clients of the consultant.
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What we do know by consulting stock charts of the major indexes is that the market is not acting right.
Sun, now an underdog with its proprietary technology and withered market capitalization, can't mount the consulting-heavy approaches of HP or IBM nor match the marketing clout of Microsoft.
At the time of our chat earlier this year, Tice was still looking for work and had been in the job market for over a year, using freelance consulting work to tide him over.
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Kerry Foods is consulting staff over the planned closure of its Grimsby plant, blaming market conditions.
Seeing the increased investment that was flowing into China, we mapped out plans for a strategic market research firm that would charge more than big management consulting firms like McKinsey and Bain.
It is also a major reason why I put "market research" in the company name, rather than strategy consulting--to emphasize that we are a data-driven firm.
Whether you are selling consulting services, coffee or software, you need to listen to the market to determine your financial feasibility and how to brand and price your offerings.
My firm, CEO to CEO, is a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the skills of mid-market CEOs who are navigating major shifts in their business or marketplace.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin this week, organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, Chris Skrebowski, a consulting editor of Petroleum Review, argued that spare capacity in the oil market could be eroded by 2015.
Andersen Consulting reckons that, by 2010, 40% of Europe's electricity market will use gas.
In the U.S. alone, there are 258, 239 listings for management consulting firms, with the largest capturing only 3.1% of the market.
The challenge is this: How do you navigate through all the management consulting speak on innovation to build a future enterprise, an organization that remains market relevant five, 10, 50, and even 100 years down the road?
Unsurprisingly, Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers are also the two best-sellingdiet programs on the market, according to revenues published by MarketData Enterprises, a research and consulting firm that follows the industry.
"Many credible people were public about their dissatisfaction with the mortgage loan market, " says Janet Tavakoli, a structured finance expert with her own Chicago consulting firm.
An estimated 28 percent of wealthy real estate investors faced substantial, double digit losses in the housing market last year, according to the latest annual Chinese wealth report from the Boston Consulting Group and China Construction Bank Corp.
Jerry Brown, president of Thorograph, a New York-based firm that provides data and thoroughbred consulting to owners, breeders, and bettors, says the main issue is that the breeder market rewards big, good-looking yearlings that sell for a lot of money, without taking into account their sturdiness.
"San Diego is a microcosm of the California market, " says Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles economic consulting firm.
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