With the multitude of consultancies operating (MBB, Big 4, to boutiques and tiny shops), do you guys expect heavy consolidation in the future? How do those small shops even stay profitable? curious

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They have way less overhead

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Poor ATK or Roland Berger are going to get eaten by KPMG :(((

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I expect some sublimation

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Shouldn't there be decrease in projects during recession to affect small firms? @k1 he's trolling

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Atk is dead man walking

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New firms are constantly opening and being acquired or closing, the general public never hears about it bc it's small potatoes

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I think the new firms have an advantsge. They have less overhead and no pension burden. Big firms aren't agile enough typically and carry a lot of dead weight

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Add to that Accenture, IBM, BAH, etc. But I don't even think these firms compete much across classes.

@consultant1 what do you mean?

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