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List of top consulting firms 2012

2011-12-16T07:58:00.001-08:00

Following is a list of the top consulting firms around the world with such details as ranking, company name, website url, headquarters, year founded, approximate number of employees, male to female ratio, and other statistics. Being a top consulting firm do not means always prestige and do not bring quality and values automatically, but clients and job seekers of the consulting profession may be interested by these statistics.

Purpose: To summarize and provide beneficial statistical information about the consulting industry and provide quick access gateway to a list of the top consulting companies and websites.
Serving: Researchers, students, professionals, job seekers in the consulting industry and all who seek information about top consulting companies.

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The 2011 Best Firms to Work For (according to Consulting Magazine):

The Best Consulting Firms to Work For 2011

Bain & Company
The Boston Consulting Group
North Highland
Point B
Deloitte Consulting
Slalom Consulting
McKinsey & Company
PwC
Booz Allen Hamilton
Huron Consulting Group
Ernst & Young
Accenture
Crowe Horwath
Monitor
A.T. Kearney

The Best Small Consulting Firms to Work For 2011

Stroud Consulting
Impact Advisors
Cask
Vynamic
Infinitive
Fitzgerald Analytics
Lenati
Jabian Consulting
PeopleFirm
HiSoft (formerly Nouveon)
Plus Consulting
Meridian Compensation Partners
Marakon
SEI
IBB Consulting Group

Rank	Consulting Firms	HQ	Industry	Type	# of employees	Year founded	Med age	Male	Fe- male
1	McKinsey & Company	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Partnership	15000	1926	29	67%	33%
2	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Partnership	6000	1963	28	67%	33%
3	Bain & Company	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	10000	1973	28	65%	35%
4	Booz & Company	Washington DC Metro Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	22000	1914	32	64%	36%
5	Deloitte Consulting LLP	Greater New York City Area	Financial Services	Partnership	168000	-	29	61%	39%
6	Monitor Group	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	1500	1983	29	63%	37%
7	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	Greater New York City Area	Accounting	Partnership	17500	-	29	59%	41%
8	Mercer LLC	Greater New York City Area	Human Resources	Public	18000	1937	34	51%	49%
9	Ernst & Young LLP	Greater New York City Area	Accounting	Partnership	144000	-	29	59%	41%
10	Oliver Wyman	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Public	1001	-	30	70%	30%
11	Accenture	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Public	177000	1989	30	67%	33%
12	IBM Global Business Services	Greater New York City Area	Information Technology and Services	Public	300000	1911	34	76%	24%
13	KPMG LLP	Amsterdam Area, Netherlands	Accounting	Partnership	137000	-	30	60%	40%
14	Towers Watson	Greater Philadelphia Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	6400	1934	34	52%	48%
15	AlixPartners, LLP	Greater Detroit Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	900	1981	35	77%	23%
16	A.T. Kearney	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Partnership	2700	1926	30	68%	32%
17	Braxton Consulting	Eurpe & Latin America	Management Consulting	Privately Held	250	1996	31	54%	46%
18	The Parthenon Group	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	200	1999	28	62%	38%
19	Towers Watson	-	Financial Services	Public	14000	-	34	53%	47%
20	L.E.K. Consulting	London, UK	Management Consulting	Partnership	900	1983	28	70%	30%
21	FTI Consulting, Inc.	Washington DC Metro Area	Management Consulting	Public	3500	1982	32	71%	29%
22	Alvarez & Marsal	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	1600	1983	33	73%	27%
23	NERA Economic Consulting	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Public	600	1961	27	61%	39%
24	Capgemini	Paris Area, France	Information Technology and Services	Privately Held	91000	1967	32	77%	23%
25	Navigant Consulting, Inc.	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Public	2500	1983	32	62%	38%
26	Huron Consulting Group	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Public	2000	2002	30	61%	39%
27	Hewitt Associates	Greater Chicago Area	Outsourcing/Offshoring	Public	25000	1940	32	55%	45%
28	Roland Berger Strategy Consultants	-	Management Consulting	Partnership	2100	1967	28	72%	28%
29	ZS Associates	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	1400	1983	27	72%	28%
30	CRA International, Inc.	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Public	800	1965	33	65%	35%
31	Arthur D. Little	Paris Area, France	Management Consulting	Privately Held	1000	-	30	75%	25%
32	Kurt Salmon Associates	Greater Atlanta Area	Management Consulting	Public	700	1935	33	63%	37%
33	LECG	San Francisco Bay Area	Management Consulting	Public	1200	1988	34	69%	31%
34	Gallup Consulting	District of Columbia	Management Consulting	Privately Held	2000	-	27	60%	40%
35	Aon Consulting Worldwide	Greater Chicago Area	Management Consulting	Public	6300	1983	36	52%	48%
36	BraxtonTechnology	Europe, Asia & Latin America	Technology Consulting & Services	Privately Held	219	2005	26	74%	26%
37	Cornerstone Research	San Francisco Bay Area	Legal Services	Privately Held	201	1989	27	61%	39%
38	Corporate Executive Board	Washington DC Metro Area	Management Consulting	Public	2000	1979	28	50%	50%
39	Hay Group	Greater Philadelphia Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	2600	1943	32	47%	53%
40	Analysis Group, Inc.	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	500	1981	30	62%	38%
41	Milliman, Inc	Greater Seattle Area	Insurance	Privately Held	2000	1947	35	62%	38%
42	Zolfo Cooper	Greater New York City Area	Financial Services	Privately Held	75	-	31	67%	33%
43	Mars & Co	-	-	-	-	1979	-	-	-
44	The Advisory Board Company	Washington DC Metro Area	Hospital & Health Care	Public	1000	1979	28	43%	57%
45	Putnam Associates	Greater Boston Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	50	1988	26	64%	36%
46	First Manhattan Consulting Group	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	51	1980	26	76%	24%
47	IMS Health Incorporated	Greater Philadelphia Area	Pharmaceuticals	Public	10000	1954	34	57%	43%
48	Buck Consultants	Greater New York City Area	Human Resources	Public	1900	1916	38	55%	45%
49	Giuliani Partners LLC	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	11	2002	45	79%	21%
50	Archstone Consulting	Greater New York City Area	Management Consulting	Privately Held	250	2003	34	63%	37%

Conferencias financieras en Panamá

2011-09-28T00:46:00.000-07:00

Conferencias financieras en Panamá

La Ley Bancaria de Panamá establece que ninguna persona (natural o jurídica) que no cuente con Licencia otorgada por esta Superintendencia, puede promover o ejercer el negocio de banca en o desde Panamá. En otras palabras, para que un Banco panameño o extranjero pueda realizar negocio de Banca o promover algunos de sus servicios, en o desde la República de Panamá, requiere tener Licencia Bancaria otorgada por la Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá. En este sentido, si una entidad bancaria internacional no cuenta con Licencia Bancaria alguna otorgada por dicha Institución, realizar alguna actividad que suponga que la misma esté promocionándose o promueva sus servicios en o desde Panamá, puede ser objeto de las sanciones contenidas en la Ley Bancaria, por el ejercicio del Negocio de Banca sin Licencia, o bien, por el uso indebido de la palabra “banco”. Similares prohibiciones contienen tanto los regímenes del mercado de valores (lo cual abarca, entre otros aspectos, la recomendación o asesoría en inversiones), como el del mercado de seguros. Para mayor ilustración, en lo referente a esos regímenes, sugerimos contactar a la Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores/Comisión Nacional de Valores y a la Superintendencia de Seguros y Reaseguros de Panamá.

China and property Tax

2011-03-09T02:12:00.000-08:00

Property taxes in China are a popular topic of discussion in the Chinese press. Xinhua News on January 15 stated that property taxation, seen as a silver bullet to curb excessive growth in China's housing prices, is causing much debate within the higher echelon of Beijing's economic planners. A controversial figure in Beijing, nicknamed "Big Mouth Ren" by the local press, stated that only when supply and demand are in balance can property taxes really be effective in curbing speculative home purchases. Property taxes will never curb speculation in home purchases - if they are only a one-off situation. As a January 19 article in Shanghai Daily indicated, they will do nothing to satisfy the instinct of a culture hellbent on gambling.
Property taxation, based on legitimate appraisal valuation, is sorely needed as a means of financing those municipalities of the country where there is no more land left to sell. As a deterrent to spiraling housing prices, the property tax concepts introduced thus far for Chongqing and Shanghai are utterly worthless. There are bubbles in China that are now going down to fourth- and fifth-tier cities. Prices are too high in the highest tiers of cities of China. China has more than 250 cities with populations over 1 million people, so the lower-echelon municipalities are all subject to that gambling urge just like their upper-echelon neighbors. To deflate the bubbles is obviously the goal. This is causing the research departments of the State Council some real concern. China Daily, in a January 24 article, stated that the central government will soon expand the property tax and home buying limitations (based on size of dwelling and the number of dwellings owned by families) to Qingdao City, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, Xiamen, and Fuzhou. Bubbles are already appearing in these locations.
Every year, 10 million to 15 million rural residents migrate to cities of China. The central government believes that as many as 400 million rural dwellers will become city residents over the next two decades. Based on what I have seen in two decades living in China, I don't think this projection is far-fetched.
A one-time tax will temporarily deter speculative activity, but will not have a long-term effect. A shortterm capital gains tax of substance would have an impact, but I don't see that happening. The bureaucracy is simply not set up to handle the tasks necessary for either a true property tax or a capital gains tax.
The same day the property tax went into effect in Shanghai and Chongqing, a new rule requiring a 60 percent down payment on all second home purchases - anywhere in China - also took effect. I doubt it will be a deterrent. Inflation is so rampant that keeping savings in a bank in China means you will lose money. Second homes, based on purchase price, will now require a one-time tax (seems like an excise tax to me) of anywhere between 0.4 to 1.2 percent of purchase price. What's to prevent bogus purchase contracts on cashonly deals? Chongqing will allow nonlocal residents to buy there - so much for curbing outside investment to keep prices down. Taxes in Chongqing will be staggered. They will be set at 0.5 percent if homes are valued at two to three times average housing prices. Homes valued at three to four times average housing prices will be taxed at 1 percent while anything higher will fall under a 1.2 percent tax.
In Shanghai, second home buyers will pay a tax of 0.6 percent unless homes are valued at less than double the average housing price. In that case, buyers will pay only 0.4 percent.
It looks like much about nothing. This also has another effect: lots of yuan renminbi making their way outside China and affecting the economies (and housing prices) elsewhere.

Concepts

2011-03-03T04:31:00.000-08:00

Some of the concepts that International Lawyers use commonly

Real property:

bienes inmuebles

Reasonable doubt:

duda razonable

Rebuttal:

Refutación

Recognizance:

promesa; compromiso; reconocimiento

Recording statutes:

leyes estatales sobre registros oficiales

Redress:

Reporacíon

Reformation:

rectificación; reforma; corrección

Rejoinder:

dúplica; contrarréplica

Release:

liberación; renuncia a un derecho

Remainder:

substitución; reversión

Remedy:

recurso; remedio; reparación

Replevin:

acción reivindicatoria; reivindicación

Reply:

Réplica

Requirements contract:

contrato de suministro

Rescission:

Rescisión

Res judicata:

cosa juzgada; res judicata

Respondeat superior:

responsabilidad del mandante odel maestro

Restitution:

Restitución

Restrictive indorsement:

endoso restrictivo

Resulting trust:

fideicomiso implícito

Reversion:

reversión; sustitución

Revocation:

revocación; derogación

Right of contribution:

derecho de contribución

Right of reimbursement:

derecho de reembolso

Right of subrogation:

derecho de subrogación

Right-to-work law:

ley de libertad de trabajo

Robbery:

Robo

Rule 10b-5:

Regla 10b-5

Sale:

venta; contrato de compreventa

European Union Direct Taxes

2011-02-09T08:01:00.000-08:00

Permanent Establishment is a vital concept in international taxation. While for direct taxes, it is mainly defined by the OECD Model Convention, the European VAT Directive and its implementing Regulation provide an EU-wide approach for VAT.
Difficulties arise as terminology and definitions in indirect and direct tax diverge. Moreover, countries have implemented and interpreted the EU and OECD rules in a different way, impacting on issues like cross-border reorganisations, transfer pricing, taxation of dividends and interest and royalties, tax residence, temporary and permanent transfer of assets, place of supply and VAT liability.
In both direct and indirect tax, the concept of Permanent Establishment has undergone very recent changes: The 2010 changes to the OECD Model Convention and Commentary, and in particular the new Art. 7, will be adopted in national law, as speakers from the Netherlands and Germany will report. The effect of the new definition on treaties with other countries will also be considered.
Some of this topic is addressed in the new book "European Union Direct Taxes", by the International Tax Professor Salvador Trinxet Llorca.
In indirect tax, the current more important issue is the practical consequences of the adoption of the Regulation implementing the EU VAT Directive in January 2011.

SME Internationalization

2010-12-20T04:33:00.001-08:00

This realisation was at the heart of the 2007 OECD-APEC study on Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets, which provided general findings on the major barriers to SME internationalization as perceived by SMEs and policymakers in OECD and APEC member economies. The need to obtain a greater depth of understanding and an updated view of the issues raised by the OECD-APEC study provided a raison d'être for this follow-up project. Internationalization and international entrepreneurship among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has remained a topic of considerable contemporary relevance, principally owing to the observed growth effects of cross-border venturing, and the demonstrated capacity of SMEs to drive economic development at national, regional, and global levels (European Commission, 2007). Other value adding features include the additional focus on motivations for SME internationalization ; the coverage of recently available documentation from economies involved in the OECD enlargement (Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia, and Slovenia) and enhanced engagement process (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and South Africa); and the sub-national and sectoral insights offered on SME internationalization barriers, motivations and support programs.

UK back tax

2006-08-15T11:17:00.000-07:00

UK back tax

UK back tax: if you are interested in the UK, there are some news about taxes in the UK at http://uk77.wordpress.com and UK back tax opinions.

Cash Back o Back Tax

2003-08-21T20:07:00.000-07:00