A webcast was presented on July 30 by Walter Owens, president of CIT Corporate Finance; George Feldenkreis, chairman and CEO of Perry Ellis International; and Dan Armstrong, senior editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Industry and Management Group.

Topics discussed on the Webcast include:

• How middle market companies differ – in terms of outlook, strategy and values – from smaller and larger companies
• What advantages they have over smaller and larger companies, and how they exploit these advantages in order to grow
• What factors have the greatest influence on the success of middle market companies
• How middle market companies plan to finance their businesses
  
  
  

For a complete understanding of the insights and attitudes helping to drive America’s economic growth, read the complete U.S. Middle Market Outlook 2007 White Paper (pdf).

Some discoveries include:

• Revenues have expanded during the past 12 months
• Asia is the largest international growth market
• Shortage of talent is the largest growth obstacle
• Customer demand is a major driver of a corporation’s environmental policy
• Desire to retain control is the primary reason for remaining privately held

Read the CIT U.S. Middle Market Outlook press release.