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1/24/2018 | Press Release
Improved Year-Over-Year Company Performance Reaches Historical High for Middle Market in Q4 2017

COLUMBUS, Ohio (January 24, 2018) – The overall performance of middle market companies has steadily improved for years. As a result, nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of middle market firms surveyed for the Q4 2017 Middle Market Indicator (MMI) released today by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) reported improved year-over-year company performance. Even more impressive, this is the highest percentage in the MMI’s history and nearly 10 percent higher than the average.

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12/1/2017 | Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University
Shenkar Recognized Internationally for Scholarly Contributions

NCMM Academic Advisor Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management and professor of management and human resources at Fisher, was recently named the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award by the International Association for Chinese Management Research.

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11/9/2017 | Press Release
The Future of the Customer Experience

New Research from the National Center for the Middle Market Dials Up the Importance of Digitizing the Customer Experience.

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10/26/2017 | Middle Market Growth
Imbalance in Retail Employment and Earnings Growth Due for Correction

Employment in the middle-market retail sector grew at a rate nearly three times that of revenue in the third quarter of 2017—an “unsustainable” ratio, according to Thomas Stewart, executive director of the National Center for the Middle Market.

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10/27/2017 | Recalculating Radio
Recalculating Radio

Tom Stewart talks with Recalculating Radio about the middle market and its impact.

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10/26/2017 | ABL Advisor
Middle-Market Confidence Continues Record-Breaking Streak

Middle market companies are experiencing some of their highest confidence levels as tracked over the past five years, according to the Q3 2017 Middle Market Indicator (MMI) released by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM). At 88 percent, companies surveyed have never felt more confident in their local economies. Confidence in the global economy has also reached its second highest mark, with 74 percent expressing a positive view. Although national confidence has decreased since skyrocketing in Q1, it still enjoys a higher-than-average level at 83 percent.

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