Frost & Sullivan

PREPARED

BY:

AKSHAT DIMRI

Table of Contents Prepared by: Akshat Dimri......................................................................................1 Brief Overview of the Company..............................................................................3 Office Locations............................................................................................ .......3 The Corporate Family .........................................................................................4 The IT Profile of Frost & Sullivan.........................................................................4 Business Solutions........................................................................................... .......5 The Value Proposition.........................................................................................5 Services Offered.................................................................................... .................6 Growth Partnership Services...............................................................................6 Growth Consulting...................................................................................... .........6 Corporate Training and Development..................................................................6 Research Groups.................................................................................................6 Competitors..................................................................................................... .......7 Insider Information - Working at Frost & Sullivan....................................................8 Major Takeaways....................................................................................................8

Frost & Sullivan PREPARED

BY :

AKSHAT DIMRI

Brief Overview of the Company Frost & Sullivan, founded in 1961, has 26 global offices with more than 1500 industry consultants, market research analysts, technology analysts and economists. Our mission is to research and analyze new market opportunities for corporate growth. They are the world leaders in growth consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market research, economic research, corporate best practices, training, customer research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy. Frost & Sullivan was the first company to offer its services on electronic tape media, delivering world military equipment market data in 1962. Frost & Sullivan is a consulting company. The company integrates growth consulting, partnership services and training in corporate management. Its services are designed to identify and develop opportunities with regard to business growth. The company serves a clientele that includes large corporations, emerging companies and the investment community. It provides industry coverage that reflects a global perspective and relies upon ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics and demographics.

Office Locations Frost & Sullivan leverages our global team of industry experts, consultants, market analysts, and research executives to support clients facing firm business challenges such as globalization, increasing profit margin pressure, shareholder growth demands, and intensified competition. We offer a seamless integration of our global offices and personnel, and are committed to this worldwide network, as it forms the basis of our ability to identify and research, analyze, and present timely global growth opportunities in your market. Frost & Sullivan operates offices in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, England, Germany, France, South Africa, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Japan. The company maintains a location in San Antonio, Texas.

The Corporate Family

The IT Profile of Frost & Sullivan

Business Solutions Frost & Sullivan provides business solutions in the following areas / sectors: Markets: Sectors: Aerospace and Defense Automotive and Transportation Chemicals, Materials and Food Chemicals and Materials Food and Beverages Energy and Power Systems Energy & Power Power Supplies and Batteries Environmental and Building Building Management Technoligies Technologies Environmental Healthcare Clinical Diagnostics Drug Discovery Technologies Healthcare and Life Sciences IT Medical Devices Medical Imaging Patient Monitoring Pharma. & Biotech. Industrial Automation and Automatic Identification & Security Electronics Electronic Devices Industrial Automation and Process Control Power Transmission Semiconductors Information&Communication Communication Services Technologies Conferencing & Collaboration Contact Centers Digital Media Enterprise Communications IT Services and Applications Network Security

The Value Proposition "Partnering with clients to create innovative growth strategies" The partnership is based around the objective of growth. In order to help you grow it is paramount that you connect and interact with our global network of experts at all levels. Involvement is the key.

Services Offered Growth Partnership Services The focus of the Growth Partnership Service is to drive the client's business growth by providing them with a continuous flow of strategic information and ideas covering their market sector.

Growth Consulting Frost & Sullivan's Growth Consulting services encompass customized research, business strategy, and organizational development initiatives. They provide uniquely powerful, innovative, and practical solutions to help companies successfully address their growth challenges. These services are tailor-made on a case-by-case basis, leveraging its unique combination of market expertise, global presence, and relationships with key industry players.

Corporate Training and Development Frost & Sullivan's mission is to enable world-class companies to increase productivity and performance through their people. Their In-Company training solution is all about the client's organisation - they work with their clientele to identify their individual and company-wide training needs to deliver a course that meets their needs.

Research Groups Frost & Sullivan's research groups provide clients with the information they need to ensure their future plans are based on solid, reliable facts and analysis. Frost & Sullivan research services include market analysis, technical research services, end-user studies, and more quantitative measurement based services. Following are the major types of researches that they provide: o Best Practices Research o Customer Research o Economic Research & Analytics o ‘Stratecast’: Telecoms 'Strategic Forecasting’ o Business and Financial Services o Decision Support Database o Marketing Engineering Research o Technical Research

Competitors Top 10 Consulting firms on the World Source: http://www.vault.com/nr/consulting_rankings/consulting_rankings.jsp?consulting2007=2&ch_id=252

Here's a list of the top 10 Consulting firms of the world (although F&S doesn't figure anywhere in the list of top 50)

Insider Information - Working at Frost & Sullivan Not intending to defame the company in any way, here are a few workplace survey excerpts that you might want to read while considering job opportunities. These are paid links, but only the first sentence tells a lot about what employees have to say! Source: http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=10&product_id=25417

Major Takeaways Even though the purpose of this doc is not to help anyone form an opinion on whether to join or not, but this is what I feel. (This comes as a result of basic readings and informal sources) 1. Since the Financials of the company are not freely available, the major takeaways were the employee surveys (The ‘Insider Information’ section). According to friends that have joined the company, they say they’re paid peanuts (Something in the range of 4-4.5K S$ a month, which I’m not sure how many would find sufficing!

2. From what I have read and talked to people about, I feel for a fresh grad, who doesn’t mind being made to work intensively in a manner not desirable, Frost & Sullivan is a good company to start with. Also, for people who are very keen on profiles, this might be a place, keeping other factors out of mind.