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Professional services and Software and IT services

Professional services buys from Software and IT services; professional services depends on software and IT services.

Professional services (industry) and Software and IT services (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹3.2 per ₹100 · Professional services buys from Software and IT services

Professional services buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹3.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹3.2 of every ₹100 of Professional services output, all rounds
  • ₹2.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Software and IT services → Professional services

6 of the enterprise types in Professional services depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Audit, accounting and tax firms: Audit and tax systems (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Professional software, data and research providers: Software development (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Knowledge process outsourcers and global capability centres: Systems and automation (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Engineering, architecture and design consultancies: Design and simulation software (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Management and technology consultancies: Implementation partners (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Law firms: Legal tech (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.