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Since its founding in 1965, Abt Associates has grown into one of the world's largest for-profit government and business research and consulting firms, largely by applying social sciences systems and analysis methods to governmental and industrial problems.

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Employer Type

Private

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2010 Employees (All Locations)

1,500

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Best Consulting Firms for Public Sector Consulting


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President & CEO

Kathleen Flanagan

About the Company

Socially savvy consulting

Since its founding in 1965, Abt Associates has grown into one of the world's largest for-profit government and business research and consulting firms. The Cambridge, Mass.-based employee-owned firm, named after founder Clark Abt, employs more than 1,500 people in four U.S. offices and throughout 40-plus project sites in 37 countries. For the past 40 years, the firm has made its buck the same way its founder did: by applying social sciences systems and analysis methods to governmental and industrial problems.

At first, the firm focused on transferring technology and systems used in the defense industry, such as systems analysis, computer modeling and simulation methods, to civilian application. Today, the firm works in a wide range of areas, including agr...