In a recent report, the consultancy firm PFC Energy projected production would climb to 450,000 barrels a day by 2013.
In fact, in a recent survey from consultancy firm McKinsey & Company of AI-aware C-level executives, only 20% indicated that they use any AI-related technology in their part of the business.
In a recent report, McKinsey, a consultancy, calculated that the net present value of each policy to Old Mutual was a healthy 23% of the premium.The lesson?
In a recent report, Federal Financial Analytics, a consultancy, noted that a 15-30% writedown of this non-AAA slice hardly inconceivable given the continuing rise in subprime delinquencies would result in losses of up to $3 billion for Freddie and $3.6 billion for Fannie.
In a recent report, ORC Worldwide, a consultancy, listed Lagos, with its violent crime, bad roads and wretched sanitation, as the world's worst place for expatriates to live in.
In a recent report, the business consultancy Deloitte said that although casual dining operators faced challenging times ahead, changes in consumer tastes and the way diners engaged with restaurants, particularly through technology, could provide opportunities for growth.
In a recent report, ValueNotes, an Indian consultancy, estimated that India's LPO revenues will grow from $146m in 2006 to $440m this year and $1.1 billion in 2014.
In a recent study, the Henley Centre, a consultancy, identified Cardiff as one of four British provincial cities (along with Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow) with the potential to be a "world city".
The benefits of a more representative workforce were highlighted in a recent global study by management consultancy McKinsey, which found that the most diverse companies are likely to perform better.
If the leaders of Japanese firms were able to make just basic improvements increasing average sales growth from 2% to 5%, lifting earnings from 4.5% to 7% and boosting capital efficiency by 10% the capitalisation of Japan's sickly stockmarket could triple from its current level, says Bain, a consultancy, in a recent study.Yet bold leadership is rarely appreciated.
"These after-the-fact administrative measures miss the point," wrote Arthur Kroeber, managing director of the Beijing-based consultancy, Dragonomics, in a recent note to clients.
