PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

摘要

In the 1980s, eight national accounting firms dominated the professional services industry. Nearly two decades later, five remain—and in the interim, they have morphed into one-stop shops offering a variety of audit services, consulting,rninformation-technology advice, and even back-office outsourcing. In 2001, this evolution will come full circle. Over the next 12 months, as many as three of the firms are likely to sell off their consulting businesses—one already has— leaving just one of the five still offering multi-disciplinary advice.