This report, based on the 2004 CEO Challenge Survey, highlights the most important issues confronting mid-market CEOs. Also included are the in-depth interviews with four CEOS from thriving mid-market companies, which describes the various ways these executives successfully manage the challenges they face.
Topics Covered:
- Focusing on Growth, Customers and Innovation
- Special Focus 2004: Protecting Intellectual Property
- CEOs Interviewed
- Mid-Market Challenges Up Close
- Top-Line Growth is Greatest Mid-Market Challenge
- Growing Through Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances
- Tackling Challenges to Top-Line Growth
- Sustaining Growth Through Succession Planning
- Customer Loyalty and Retention Needed to Sustain Top-Line Growth
- Improving Speed, Flexibility, and Adaptability to Change
- Expanding and Growing Manufacturing in Asia: Benefits and Drawbacks
- With Innovation Comes Great Risk
- Stimulating Innovation, Creativity, and Enabling Entrepreneurship
- Mixed Feelings about Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Special Features:
- CEO Challenge Survey Checklist
- Top Ten Mid-Market Challenges
- Over two dozen tables and charts
