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Western European Business Consulting Forecast and Analysis, 2003-2008

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: August 2004
Product Code: R104-16872
Description

This study provides IDC's assessment of the 2003 market in Western Europe for business consulting as well as forecasts for 2004?2008.

The study also presents a competitive overview of major business consulting players in Western Europe and focuses on three major countries: France, Germany, and the U.K. It provides revenue information per player and helps readers position the various business consulting players covered in this study. Players analyzed in this study include Accenture, AT Kearney, Atos KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, IBM Business Consulting Services, PA Consulting and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. This study also provides information about local players in France, Germany, and the U.K.

"In 2003, the business consulting market in Western Europe has faced a sharp drop in spending, declining by 13.1% [in local currencies]. In 2004, the decline will slow down and be limited to only a 3.3% drop [in local currencies]," said Dominique Raviart, senior research analyst with IDC's European Services group.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Study
Methodology
Impact of Exchanges Rates
Table: Key Exchange Rate Information
What is Business Consulting?
Players
Exclusions
IT Consulting is Not Business Consulting
Situation Overview
Where to Go and What to Do?
The Industry Has Consolidated
Consolidation Has Been Difficult
Positioning of Players is Blurred
Where is the Growth for Independent Business Consulting Firms?
Is the Status of Networks of Partnerships Still an Option?
Future Outlook
Forecast and Assumptions
Discrete Business Consulting
Top Level Western European Business Consulting Forecast
Table: Western European Business Consulting Market Size and Forecast, 2003-2008 ($M)
Table: Impact of Exchange Rate on Market Growth Rate in 2003 (%)
Assumptions
Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Western European Business Consulting Market, 2003-2008
Table: Macroeconomic Assumptions
Essential guidance
Comparison of Business Consulting Players
Figure: European Consultant Classification
Figure: Western European Consulting Companies: IT Versus Business Skills
Figure: Assessment of Business Consulting by Breadth of Services and Presence in Western Europe
Global Services Players
Figure: Assessing Several Select IT Services Firms in their Life Cycle in Western Europe
Table: Global Services Players - Revenues ($M) 2003
Accenture
BearingPoint
Capgemini
Deloitte (New Branding of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu)
IBM Global Services Business Consulting Services
European Business Consultancy Firms
Table: Consulting Revenue for Atos Origin, Roland Berger and PA Consulting, 2003
Atos KPMG Consulting and Atos Odyssée
Table: Atos Origin - Consulting Units Revenue in 2003 (?M)
PA Consulting
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
U.S. Business Consultancy Firms
AT Kearney
Table: AT Kearney - Revenue Information
The Secretive Management Consultancy Firms
And the Others
Several Select Runners-up: Business Consulting
U.K.
France
Germany
Table: 2003 Revenue of Main German Consultancy Firms
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Related Research
Western Europe
Worldwide
Appendix
Table: Business Consulting Market Definitions
Synopsis
Ordering and More Information
Price and Delivery Options



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