The middle market consistently outperforms other economic segments. To understand what drives its growth, the Center and its partners completed a full Bayesian network analysis of hundreds of data points from 20,000 middle market companies. The analysis uncovered seven management-controlled factors with significant impact on organizational growth. Further, our analysis also revealed three distinct types of growers. Whether by means of innovation, investment, or efficiency, middle market growth champions have a growth DNA distinct from that of larger and smaller companies, that enables them to consistently achieve impressive results.
Middle market manufacturing is growing but these businesses face a unique set of challenges to the way they operate. This report serves to better understand the environmental conditions, challenges, and opportunities middle market manufacturers currently face and to uncover what actions the best-performing middle market manufacturers are taking to mitigate new risks and capitalize on new opportunities resulting from the evolution in the industry.