I’m tracking KPMG Consulting’s move to go public, marking its separation from the parent accounting organization. This initial public offering represents a major shift in how professional services firms structured their businesses during this era.
I noted the surge of webloggers linking to KPMG following a controversial letter. This incident illustrates the early blogosphere's ability to coordinate attention and respond to corporate legal actions through decentralized, collective link-sharing.
I examine KPMG's unusual requirement for formal permission to link to their website. Finding the policy absurd, I wonder if I should retroactively ask for approval for links I might have already published on my site.
I find Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting firms to be accurate based on my own experience inside the industry. It provides a snapshot of the professional services landscape and firm hierarchies in 2001.
I have joined the Mumbai office of the Boston Consulting Group. This move marks my entry into management consulting with BCG India, focusing on professional growth within the regional business landscape.
I share a contemporary look at the cultural and financial impact of Google's initial public offering, examining how the search giant's 2004 transition to a public company permanently reshaped the Silicon Valley business landscape.