Consulting or consultancy is often seen as "giving advice".
The consultancy is privy to all manner of sensitive information, particularly in defence.
For example, Atos, a French consultancy, is a top-tier sponsor.
Yet only one in five large companies surveyed by Gartner, a consultancy, is ready.
Tata Consultancy is part of the Tata group, a giant Indian industrial conglomerate.
Modern management consultancy is about far more than writing reports with good recommendations.
Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), a consultancy, is running 100 war games a year, up from around 50 three years ago.
Critics also note that, for such an influential business, management consultancy is remarkably free from outside inspection.
Ms. Crotty, who now runs a private transportation consultancy, is considered a leading expert in state transit circles.
An interactive feature on these and two other designs, by Harry Allen and Pensa, the design consultancy, is here.
A further problem, according to Ricardo, an automotive consultancy, is that there are not enough engineering resources to go round.
