When Consultancies Feel the Pain of Recession

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I wonder if what sort of granularity they can break this into to determine what is going on.

If this consultant company is closely linked to SAP, then wouldn't the backlash that hit SAP also be present here? SAP dropped a lot of customers last year and a lot of people mothballed projects that did not immediately address their bottom line. Same applies to any number of other large project. It would not take many SAP cancellations to tank a lot of consultant fees.

There are other possibilities, of course. But, I am guessing that smaller companies that are selling more focused solutions would be doing ok right now. But, large sales with buzzwords like "transformative" is going to be killing them. You go to large consulting companies for large project. Large consulting companies have generally rarely handled small or medium businesses that well.

Posted by: rijrunner   Posted on: 08/13/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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