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See the Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory. Gale Research. Dewey Library - Ready Reference Collection, HD69.C6.W322. Includes brief descriptions of my kinds of consulting firms including scientific, engineering, and many kinds of specialized consulting organizations besides management consulting.

Specialty Consulting (some examples of healthcare, biopharma, medical devices consulting firms)

L.E.K. - Strategy consulting firm that serves several industries including biopharmaceutical.
Fletcher-Spaght - A consulting firm that does both healthcare and high-tech consulting.
The Kerdan Group is a leading life sciences strategy consulting firm helping clients grow in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices.
PA Consulting Group is a global management, systems and technology consulting firm that works with Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare as well as other industries.
Putnam Associates - An international consulting firm specializing in healthcare strategy, providing data-driven analysis and results-oriented advice.
Health Advances - Consulting practice focuses on biotech, pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic companies.
Management Sciences for Health is a non-profit organization that works in many technical areas that make up an integrated approach to strengthening the management of health programs worldwide.
First Consulting Group is a provider of information-based consulting, integration, and management services to healthcare, pharmaceutical and other life sciences organizations in North America and Europe.
PhizzRx is a strategic management consulting company company (in London and Princeton,NJ) focusing on biotech. e-health, healthcare, medical products, and pharmaceuticals. The firm was started by Sloan alumni.
Decision Resources - A Biopharm Intelligence Consulting Firm.
Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) is a strategy consulting firm known for applying leading-edge decision theory to a variety of industries including biopharma.
Global Prior Art is an intellectual property (IP) research and consulting firm with broad expertise in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device arenas.
MEDACorp is a division of Leerink Swann & Company that provides biomedical consulting services to Life Sciences companies and their investors.

Technical Consulting (some examples)

Exponent (formerly Failure Analysis) - A leading engineering and scientific consulting firm.
PRTM - A management consulting firm serving the following industries: automotive, aerospace and industrial equipment, consumer packaged goods, government, life sciences, electronics and semiconductors, communications equipment and services, chemical, energy, and financial services.

Science & Technology Policy Consulting

ScienceCareers.org - many links on Science Policy
Also see Internships & PostDoc Fellowships and Policy Analysis

Public Sector/Social Policy/Consulting to Government

RAND - A private, nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis.
Abt Associates - The nation's largest for-profit social science research firm (many public policy-related projects.)
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Social policy research organization.
Westat - An employee owned research corporation serving federal, state, and local government, as well as business.
RTI International - Research in public policy, environment, technology, health and pharmaceuticals.
Macro International, Inc. - Serve government and private sector clients in over 100 countries.
SRI - Policy division helps "government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and commercial clients solve problems and capitalize on opportunities posed by complex issues in education, training, health, economic development, and human services."
Institute for Defense Analysis - In the mid-1950s, the Secretary of Defense and the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff asked MIT to form a civilian, nonprofit research institute to operate under the auspices of a university consortium. IDA also has assisted other federal agencies with research in civil space, expert systems for criminal investigation, and energy and environmental issues.

Education-Related Consulting

Organizational Profiles (formerly The Learning Field)
Education-related Organizations in the Greater Boston Area, San Francisco, New York City and Washington, DC.

International Development, NGO's, and Related Careers

International Development Organizations (Economic and Social Development Policy Consulting)

Boston Area Network on International Development
Canadian Institute for International Development - Many links to global issues
Conflict Dynamics International's Internet Resource Center - This site was created by an MIT alumnus who work in international conflict resolution
Columbia University's School of International Public Administration offers many useful links (see below):
- Choose Fact Sheets and then the relevant topic (for example, Career Opportunities in International Development, International Education, the U.N., USAID)
- Choose Web Links and the relevant topic (such as International Development, International Economic Policy, International Energy, International Trade, NGO's)
Database of international health organizations (scroll down the page)
International Employment Weekly
Opportunities in Foreign Service, through the State Department
PATH - An international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps to provide appropriate health technologies and strategies.
Science and Development Network: News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world (includes job listings).
State Department - Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO)
US AID - Features career resources (including internships and new professional programs)
UCSD Graduate School of International/Pacific Studies - Many international development resources including the following:
World Association for NGO's (Directory of NGO's worldwide)

Think Tanks

MIT Resources

International Development Network: http://web.mit.edu/idn/ - This includes resources from The World Bank Group, The United Nations, The World Trade Organization and The International Monetary Fund.
Go Global MIT: http://web.mit.edu/goglobal/
MIT Public Service Center: http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/
Tip sheet - Careers in International Development: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/intldevel.pdf

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