NEWS ARCHIVE

Bianka Knoblach, Dietmar Fink and Christian Wulff honor Germany’s Top Consultants 2018

By WGMB / 29. June 2018
On the 5th German SME Summit in Kornwestheim, together with former Federal President Christian Wulff and over 1,200 guests, we honoured the best consultants for SMEs for the ninth time. The evening was led by Tagesschau presenter Linda Zervakis.
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Germany’s best auditors 2018

By WGMB / 23. March 2018
The auditing industry is changing. The market leaders have massively strengthened their consulting arms. Their classic business with audit certificates is losing importance. We interviewed 1,155 decision-makers about their experiences with auditors. Together with Manager Magazin, we have identified Germany's best auditors for 2018 based on this survey.
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Professor Fink at the FAZ

By WGMB / 1. March 2018
Could it be that consultants will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future? There's no question about it: digitalization will change the industry. However, a sure instinct cannot be digitized, says Professor Fink in an interview with Tillmann Neuscheler of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. They discuss technology and people and the future of the industry.
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Hidden Champions Club

By WGMB / 11. January 2018
Every two years, WGMB, together with the business magazine Capital, selects the best specialist consultancies in Germany. For the first time there was a summit meeting. The 22 winners of the current round met at the Soho House in Berlin. It was a long, stimulating evening with intensive discussions, new alliances and numerous impulses for the Champions League of the consulting industry.
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Interview on capital.de

By WGMB / 21. December 2017
In the past few years, smaller specialist consultancies have repeatedly been taken over by the big players in the market. Only just became known: Infront becomes part of KPS, the health insurance experts of B-LUE join Bain and the German team of OC&C has found a new home at EY. In an interview with Horst von Buttlar, Bianka Knoblach and Dietmar Fink talk about the consolidation of the industry.
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The Hidden Champions 2018

By WGMB / 14. December 2017
The consulting industry is dominated by a few large consulting companies. About a quarter of the approximately 30 billion Euro turnover on the German consulting market is generated by 25 of the 16,000 companies - led by the big three: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. But when it comes to the quality of consulting, small, specialized firms sometimes outstrip the big ones. The magazine Capital reports on the new edition of our study on the hidden champions of the consulting market.
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Digitalization in the SME sector

By WGMB / 14. August 2017
What is the state of digitalization in small and medium-sized enterprises? Together with Professor Christoph Rasche from the University of Potsdam, Bianka Knoblach and Dietmar Fink have focused on this topic. In an article in the current book by science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar, which portrays the innovation leaders of German SMEs, they presented the results of their analysis.
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German SME Summit 2017

By WGMB / 23. June 2017
Together with former Federal President Christian Wulff, we honoured the best consultants for medium-sized businesses for the eighth time on the occasion of the 4th German SME Summit at the Colosseum Theater in Essen.
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Article in the Journal of Applied Business Research

By WGMB / 28. April 2017
The success of a consultant has an effect on his reputation. But does his reputation also affect his success? In an article in the Journal of Applied Business Research, we show how a consultant's reputation influences his clients' commitment - and the extent to which they comply with his advice.
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Discussion on SWR

By WGMB / 13. April 2017
The strategies of the strategists: What are management consultants able to achieve? Matthias Heger addressed this question in the SWR 2 Forum. The discussion was held by: Professor Dietmar Fink, business journalist Julia Leendertse and Professor Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen, Managing Director of the management consultancy IMP.
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Article in the Harvard Business Manager

By WGMB / 1. March 2017
For 20 years we have been investigating trends in management and consulting. We presented our latest findings in the Harvard Business Manager. A large-scale survey and the evaluation of around 880,000 media reports show which topics companies currently need help with. The most important finding: technology is once again coming to the fore.
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Interview with Bianka Knoblach

By WGMB / 22. September 2016
For the big management consultants, things are going better than they have in a long time. Disruption and digitalization remain high on their clients' agendas. In addition, there are special topics such as Brexit, increasing political uncertainty and the shadows of a new financial and banking crisis. All this plays into the hands of the consultants. But there is little time to celebrate, says Bianka Knoblach in an interview with Manager Magazin. Because for the consultants, too, a lot is changing at the moment.
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Cover story in Manager Magazin

By WGMB / 22. September 2016
The question of the effectiveness of consulting projects has always been controversially discussed - often with a skeptical basic tenor. Are consulting assignments really worthwhile? When do they leave lasting effects? When do they have the greatest impact? In its October issue, Manager Magazin reports exclusively on the results of our new study on the impact of leading management consultants in Germany.
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German SME Summit 2016

By WGMB / 24. June 2016
On the occasion of the 3rd SME Summit at the Colosseum Theater in Essen, we, together with former Federal President Christian Wulff, honoured the best consultancies for SMEs for the seventh time.
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The Hidden Champions 2015

By WGMB / 21. October 2015
Consulting Champions. Unhidden. In its November issue, the magazine Capital reports on the fifth edition of our study on the hidden champions of the consulting market. Using a structured, in-depth survey of executives from large and medium-sized companies, we identified highly specialized, but relatively unknown consulting firms that have been rated by their clients as having a higher level of expertise in their field than the three large consulting firms McKinsey, BCG and Roland Berger.
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On the 5th German SME Summit in Kornwestheim, together with former Federal President Christian Wulff and over 1,200 guests, we honoured the best consultants for SMEs for the ninth time. The evening was led by Tagesschau presenter Linda Zervakis.
Read more
The auditing industry is changing. The market leaders have massively strengthened their consulting arms. Their classic business with audit certificates is losing importance. We interviewed 1,155 decision-makers about their experiences with auditors. Together with Manager Magazin, we have identified Germany's best auditors for 2018 based on this survey.
Read more
Could it be that consultants will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future? There's no question about it: digitalization will change the industry. However, a sure instinct cannot be digitized, says Professor Fink in an interview with Tillmann Neuscheler of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. They discuss technology and people and the future of the industry.
Read more
By WGMB / 11. January 2018

Hidden Champions Club

Every two years, WGMB, together with the business magazine Capital, selects the best specialist consultancies in Germany. For the first time there was a summit meeting. The 22 winners of the current round met at the Soho House in Berlin. It was a long, stimulating evening with intensive discussions, new alliances and numerous impulses for the Champions League of the consulting industry.
Read more
By WGMB / 21. December 2017

Interview on capital.de

In the past few years, smaller specialist consultancies have repeatedly been taken over by the big players in the market. Only just became known: Infront becomes part of KPS, the health insurance experts of B-LUE join Bain and the German team of OC&C has found a new home at EY. In an interview with Horst von Buttlar, Bianka Knoblach and Dietmar Fink talk about the consolidation of the industry.
Read more
By WGMB / 14. December 2017

The Hidden Champions 2018

The consulting industry is dominated by a few large consulting companies. About a quarter of the approximately 30 billion Euro turnover on the German consulting market is generated by 25 of the 16,000 companies - led by the big three: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. But when it comes to the quality of consulting, small, specialized firms sometimes outstrip the big ones. The magazine Capital reports on the new edition of our study on the hidden champions of the consulting market.
Read more
What is the state of digitalization in small and medium-sized enterprises? Together with Professor Christoph Rasche from the University of Potsdam, Bianka Knoblach and Dietmar Fink have focused on this topic. In an article in the current book by science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar, which portrays the innovation leaders of German SMEs, they presented the results of their analysis.
Read more
By WGMB / 23. June 2017

German SME Summit 2017

Together with former Federal President Christian Wulff, we honoured the best consultants for medium-sized businesses for the eighth time on the occasion of the 4th German SME Summit at the Colosseum Theater in Essen.
Read more
The success of a consultant has an effect on his reputation. But does his reputation also affect his success? In an article in the Journal of Applied Business Research, we show how a consultant's reputation influences his clients' commitment - and the extent to which they comply with his advice.
Read more
By WGMB / 13. April 2017

Discussion on SWR

The strategies of the strategists: What are management consultants able to achieve? Matthias Heger addressed this question in the SWR 2 Forum. The discussion was held by: Professor Dietmar Fink, business journalist Julia Leendertse and Professor Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen, Managing Director of the management consultancy IMP.
Read more
For 20 years we have been investigating trends in management and consulting. We presented our latest findings in the Harvard Business Manager. A large-scale survey and the evaluation of around 880,000 media reports show which topics companies currently need help with. The most important finding: technology is once again coming to the fore.
Read more
By WGMB / 22. September 2016

Interview with Bianka Knoblach

For the big management consultants, things are going better than they have in a long time. Disruption and digitalization remain high on their clients' agendas. In addition, there are special topics such as Brexit, increasing political uncertainty and the shadows of a new financial and banking crisis. All this plays into the hands of the consultants. But there is little time to celebrate, says Bianka Knoblach in an interview with Manager Magazin. Because for the consultants, too, a lot is changing at the moment.
Read more
By WGMB / 22. September 2016

Cover story in Manager Magazin

The question of the effectiveness of consulting projects has always been controversially discussed - often with a skeptical basic tenor. Are consulting assignments really worthwhile? When do they leave lasting effects? When do they have the greatest impact? In its October issue, Manager Magazin reports exclusively on the results of our new study on the impact of leading management consultants in Germany.
Read more
By WGMB / 24. June 2016

German SME Summit 2016

On the occasion of the 3rd SME Summit at the Colosseum Theater in Essen, we, together with former Federal President Christian Wulff, honoured the best consultancies for SMEs for the seventh time.
Read more
By WGMB / 21. October 2015

The Hidden Champions 2015

Consulting Champions. Unhidden. In its November issue, the magazine Capital reports on the fifth edition of our study on the hidden champions of the consulting market. Using a structured, in-depth survey of executives from large and medium-sized companies, we identified highly specialized, but relatively unknown consulting firms that have been rated by their clients as having a higher level of expertise in their field than the three large consulting firms McKinsey, BCG and Roland Berger.
Read more