{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WGMB","provider_url":"https:\/\/wgmb.org\/en\/","author_name":"WGMB","author_url":"https:\/\/wgmb.org\/en\/author\/dfink\/","title":"The Hidden Champions of Management Consulting 2026\/27 - WGMB","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JXKt3DFPW1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wgmb.org\/en\/news\/die-hidden-champions-der-managementberatung-2026-27\/\">The Hidden Champions of Management Consulting 2026\/27<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wgmb.org\/en\/news\/die-hidden-champions-der-managementberatung-2026-27\/embed\/#?secret=JXKt3DFPW1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Hidden Champions of Management Consulting 2026\/27&#8221; &#8212; WGMB\" data-secret=\"JXKt3DFPW1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wgmb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/News-2025-12-13.png","thumbnail_width":1379,"thumbnail_height":772,"description":"\u201cTechnological change, global crises, economic slowdown\u2014rarely have companies needed support more urgently than they do today,\u201d writes Christian Baulig in his cover story on our new consulting study in the business magazine Capital. Challenges are becoming more complex\u2014and for many clients it is becoming increasingly important, yet also increasingly difficult, to form a clear judgment about the areas in which individual consulting firms\u2019 specific strengths lie. This is especially true for those consultants who shine more through performance than through volume; who do not seek the spotlight but instead possess deep expertise in their specialist fields\u2014expertise that their clients rate more highly than that of the three grandees of the consulting industry, McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. We call these firms the \u201cHidden Champions\u201d of consulting. Since 2003, we have given them a stage and\u2014provided they pass a demanding evaluation process\u2014have awarded them the Hidden Champions Award, the oldest award for consulting firms in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Thirty consulting firms bear the title Hidden Champion 2026\/27. In the assessment of more than 1,100 clients across 32 disciplines, they have prevailed over McKinsey, BCG, and Bain."}