Advisory Board Company

The Advisory Board Company is a global research, consulting, and technology firm partnering with 125,000 leaders in 3,200 organizations across health care and higher education. The company was founded in 1979 as the Research Council of Washington with a total of 5 employees. The original mission was to answer “any question for any company for any industry.” In 1983 the company began to specialize in research for the financial services industry and changed its name to The Advisory Board Company. By 1986 The Advisory Board Company launched its strategic research division dedicated to the health care industry, including its first membership program, the Health Care Advisory Board (HCAB). Across the following four year the firm grew to 150...