"FOREIGN EXPERIENCE IN THE FUNCTIONING OF CONSULTING AND LAW FIRMS"

Abstract

"Consulting in the financial and economic sphere is one of the professional activities that acts as a link between the theoretical and practical components of the economy. This is especially evident in the context of a globalizing business, based largely on the business interaction of companies and their divisions located in different regions and countries of the world. Consulting specialists accumulate the full potential of their theoretical and practical knowledge to solve issues formulated by clients. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in the modern market economy, consulting services are one of the most important elements of the infrastructure that ensures its functioning. To date, not a single serious economic and managerial decision in countries with a market economy is complete without the involvement of consultants: economists, lawyers, marketers, individual specialists, most often united in consulting companies. The purpose of this article is to study the features and structure of the global consulting services market, assess their impact on the global economy. The article analyzes the stages of the functioning of the consulting services market, identifies the fundamental historical stages in the formation of consulting activities as an industry and institution of a market economy. An analysis is made of the share of income from consulting services in advanced countries. The structure of the global budget of consulting services is considered. Four sectors of priority consulting services have been identified. Keywords: consulting companies, globalizing business, global economy, consultant, entrepreneurship"