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PricewaterhouseCoopers

By Mark Kolakowski, About.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers Overview: PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the Big Four international public accounting firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers has a complex organizational structure with a number of independent member firms divided among functional and/or regional lines. Member firms are organized as partnerships. Its main lines of business include:

  • Assurance (Audit)
  • Advisory (Consulting)
  • Transactions (Mergers and Acquisitions)
  • Tax

Size: PricewaterhouseCoopers operates in over 150 countries and has offices in 33 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. These figures are as of June, 2007:

  • Employees (worldwide) = 146,767
  • Employees (U.S.) = 31,631
  • Partners (worldwide) = 8,578
  • Partners (U.S.) = 2,151
  • Offices (worldwide) = 766

Positives and Negatives: See discussion under the public accounting firms overview.

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