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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.22 - Business and other management consultancy activities
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
10 March 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group is to create between 200 and 400 jobs in Germany where currently 1,600 people are employed. The German CEO announced the creation of 400 jobs but the high fluctuation of around 15% has to also be considered.
Boston Consulting Group wants to focus on innovation and intends to invest several million euros into its recently founded subsidiary Digital Ventures.The company is one of the biggest and renowned consultancies in the world and has increased international turnover by 17% in the past year.
Sources
11 March 2015: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Boston Consulting Group , Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 78769, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78769.
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