Prior to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the 1997 Kyoto summit (that led to the Kyoto Protocol), the fossil fuel industry used reports authored by CRA and funded by the fossil fuel industry to argue that US compliance with climate policy would be economically disastrous. Economic forecasts used to oppose climate policymaking In 2022, CRA acquired life sciences firm bioStrategies Group and labor-focused firm Welch Consulting. In 2017, CRA acquired life sciences strategy firm C1 Consulting. Under this principle, senior executives should set performance targets in terms of delivering shareholder returns (stock price and dividends payments) and managing to achieve them. This management principle, also known as managing for value (MFV), states that management should first and foremost consider the interests of shareholders when making management decisions. Marakon Associates was founded in 1978 and pioneered value-based management (VBM) from the mid 1980s based on the academic work of Dr. Marakon, which CRA acquired in 2009, forms part of their management consulting practice.
In 2005, CRA acquired economic consultancy firm Lexecon to expand its practice into Europe and the United Kingdom. History ĬRA was founded in 1965 by Jerry Kraft, John Kaler, and Alan Willens. Their practices include: antitrust & competition economics, auctions & competitive bidding, energy, finance, financial economics, forensic services, intellectual property, labor & employment, life sciences, Marakon (management consulting), risk investigations & analytics, and transfer pricing. The firm provides expert testimony and litigation support, strategic advice, and analysis to law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments.
Charles River Associates (legally CRA International, Inc.) is a global consulting firm headquartered in Boston.
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