Big Four take on the consultants

Excerpt from article in BRW magazine Feb 25 – Mar 31, 2010, quoting Reece Adnams:

“Big four accounting firms are gaining ground in management consulting engagements and inching closer to the heartland of strategic consulting firms such as McKinsey…

“The survey of 1700 respondents conducted annually by Melbourne research and consulting firm Beaton shows PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young refining their skills in change management and strategic engagements…

“While traditional management consulting firms are on aggregate outperforming the big four, the latter are definitely closing the gap,” Beaton chief executive Reece Adnams says.

“He says the research vindicates the recent investments by big four firms to bolster their capabilities in this field.”

A key chart we’ve produced highlights this:

MC chart Feb2010

The data is from Beaton Benchmarks – a performance and brand tracking study conducted annually by Beaton.

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