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CRA International

CRA International, Inc. (doing business as Charles River Associates) is a global consulting firm headquartered in Boston.[2] The firm provides expert testimony and litigation support, strategic advice, and analysis to law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments.[3]

Company type

1965 (1965)

  • Jerry Kraft
  • John Kaler
  • Alan Willens

21 offices internationally

Paul Maleh (president and CEO)

Increase US$591 million (2022)

Increase US$43.6 million (2022)

Decrease US$551 million (2022)

Increase US$211 million (2022)

939 (2022)

Practice areas[edit]

Their practices include: antitrust & competition economics, auctions & competitive bidding, energy, finance, financial economics, forensic services, intellectual property, labor & employment, life sciences, management consulting (Marakon), risk investigations & analytics, and transfer pricing.[4]

Accolades[edit]

Charles River Associates was ranked as the 5th best firm for economic consulting, and 30th best for consulting overall in Vault's 2023 survey.[26] The 2023 edition of Global Competition Review's GCR 100 placed CRA's antitrust & competition practice in highest tier of economic consultancies.[27] In 2018, 44 CRA experts across five practice areas were recognized by Who's Who Legal.[28]

Analysis Group

Bates White

Berkeley Research Group

Brattle Group

Compass Lexecon

Cornerstone Research

Frontier Economics

NERA Economic Consulting

McTaggert, James M.; Kontes, Peter W.; Mankins, Michael C. (1994). . Free Press. ISBN 978-0029206706.

Value Imperative: Managing for Superior Shareholder Returns

Dodd, Dominic; Favaro, Ken (2007). . John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7879-8894-4.

The Three Tensions: Winning the Struggle to Perform Without Compromise

Kontes, Peter (2010). . John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-87592-6.

The CEO, Strategy, and Shareholder Value: Making the Choices That Maximize Company Performance

Official website

Bloomberg

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