Company type | Incorporated partnership |
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Industry | Management consulting |
Founded | 1886 |
Founder | Arthur Dehon Little |
Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium [1] |
Number of locations | 46 offices[2] |
Key people | Ignacio Garcia Alves, Global CEO |
Products | Management consulting services |
Number of employees | 1,500 |
Website | www |
Arthur D. Little is an international management consulting firm originally headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1886 and formally incorporated in 1909[3] by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who extended the applications of cellulose acetate, especially its use as artificial silk. Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted professional services. The company played key roles in the development of business strategy, operations research, the word processor, the first synthetic penicillin, LexisNexis, SABRE, and NASDAQ. Today the company is a multinational management consulting firm operating as a partnership.