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AI FORCES CONSULTING FIRMS TO ABANDON HOURLY BILLING

Consulting firms are struggling to transition from hourly billing to fixed-fee and outcome-based pricing models as AI threatens to make the traditional billable hour obsolete. The shift is proving slow and difficult across the professional-services industry.

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