Pathfinder Profiles: Characteristics of Pathfinder Firms

Pathfinder Profiles: Characteristics of Pathfinder Firms

Some of the characteristics for Pathfinder firms include:

- High rate of revenue growth.
- Highly flexible.
- Makes extensive use of technology and has plans to increase use as new innovations become available.
- Have developed innovative methods to deliver and market their services, whether traditional or nontraditional.
- Have developing presence in new business and individual consulting services (i.e., areas outside of audit, tax).
- Have evolving human resource development and management plan to further internal development of staff.
- Have evolving practice development plan and vision for future.
- Willing to accept reasonable business risks to grow firm.
- Have developed one or more niche services.
- Embraces Acoopetition@ (forms strategic alliances with other firms/companies).

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