Market conditions

With the consulting market growing at 8% in 2013, it’s no wonder consulting firms are building their practices in Turkey. Along with impressive growth, there’s the added security of plenty of well-paid work to be won in the not-too-far-away Gulf. The Turkish consulting market glows brightly among its troubled neighbours, but the glare can obscure the factors that make Turkey a dynamic and unpredictable place.

The Mexican economy is much like a slumbering tiger. Sedated for many years by violence, corruption, and monopolies, it’s been woken recently by the unfamiliar noise of a reformist government shaking things up. Still somewhat groggy, having slept for too long, the tiger can smell change.

If the Mexican economy is a tiger then the country’s consulting market is arguably its gently purring cub: worth $550m in 2013 it’s growing slightly faster than the rest of the economy, though by no more than about 2%, and seeing healthy demand across all services.

By B.J. Richards

The Indian consulting market, far more than most others, has a pretty dramatically polarized service offering. At one end of the spectrum, you have technology consulting, which makes up just shy of half the market. On the other, you’ll find strategy consulting, which is responsible for another quarter of all the work done here. And there’s very little happening in between.