Can anyone tell me which are the widely acclaimed 'Big 4' consulting firms in the world.
2006-12-05 00:40:48 · 5 answers · asked by Enigma 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
The term "The Big 4" generally refers to the four surviving international audit and assurance firms: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The big four used to be the big five, before Arthur Andersen imploded in the wake of Enron and other accounting fiascos.
You asked about consulting, though, and each of the original big five had an affiliated consulting business. These businesses were spun off or sold in all cases but Deloitte, which kept its consulting business.
The consulting businesses that grew out of the other big four include:
KPMG Consulting became BearingPoint and is now a public company.
Andersen Consulting became Accenture and is also public.
Ernst & Young Consulting was sold to CapGemini.
PriceWaterhouse Consulting was sold to IBM.
2006-12-05 11:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Lexton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deloitte & Touche, PwC (Price Waterhouse Coopers), KPMG, and Ernst & Young. Though these firms do provide a lot of consulting services, they are primarily used for audit and audit-related services (look at any medium to large size company and it's SEC filings will be signed by one of these four auditors).
2006-12-05 17:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by noname 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deloitte, Ernst, KPMG and PwC
2006-12-05 08:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Chastons Wifey♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vodafone, O2, Orange and Virgin Moblie! I think .
2006-12-05 08:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
nike, dairy milk, ribena, disney
if they arent they should be =)
2006-12-05 09:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by louise h 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋