Monitor Deloitte

History

Monitor's roots can be traced back to the Harvard Business School, where a number of the founders studied and taught in the 1980s. Monitor's best known founder is [Michael Porter], the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor. Porter is one of only 15 current University Professors at Harvard to have the distinction of being a "University Professor". He is the author of 17 books and over 125 articles, is a leading authority on competitive strategy and the competitiveness and economic development of nations, states, and regions.

Although primarily focused on strategy consulting, Monitor has always pursued a vision of offering a portfolio of services to customers, with an early focus on managerial and organizational development. Monitor has also been committed to building a global firm, expanding quickly into Europe and Asia during the early years and, on average, opening a new office every year.

Since the early 1990s, Monitor has also engaged in merchant banking activities, raising and investing equity. These activities have grown dramatically in recent years to encompass not only principal investing, but venture capital and advisory services.

As the scope of Monitor's capabiliies grew, the firm adopted it's current "group" structure, changing names in the process from "Monitor Company" to "Monitor Group".

Monitor was not immune to the industry decline of 2001 & 2002, and scaled back it's operation in response, including a number of office closures (Istanbul, Stockholm, Tel Aviv and most recently Athens). Since 2003 Monitor has recovered, and has recently been on an acquisition spree, picking up a number of smaller companies that complemented the existing business.

Monitor's profile rose in 2005 when the firm was identified unofficially as the potential acquirer of AT Kearney, a firm more than three times it's size.

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Current Business

Today Monitor organizes itself in three over-arching business groups — the Action Group (including most advisory business; the core strategy business, but also practices focusing on marketing, human assets, innovation, processes & operations, scenario planning, etc.) the Merchant Banking Group (self-explanatory) and the Intelligent Products Group (including Monitor Software, and some subscription data services).

Monitor in 2005 has approximately 1,000 professionals working around the world. The Chairman & Group CEO is Mark Fuller.

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Offices

Amsterdam, Beijing, Cambridge (HQ), Chicago, Emeryville, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, New York City, Palo Alto, Paris, San Francisco, SãO Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo, Toronto, Waltham, and Zurich