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8/5/2020 | Press Release
Chubb, National Center for the Middle Market Issue Special Report on the Most Pressing Challenges Faced by Life Sciences Companies

Chubb and the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM), housed at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, have published a report detailing the challenges and opportunities confronting companies within the life sciences industry. The new research provides life sciences executives with insights to help balance risk and navigate regulations in order to drive success.

The report entitled, "Life Sciences in the Middle Market—From management to mastery: balancing innovation with risk and regulation to drive sustained performance," highlights five key themes.

7/22/2020 | Press Release
2Q Indicator Details a Struggling Middle Market

The U.S. economy has been upended since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared in March 2020. And while the middle market has suffered declining revenue and employment growth, it has performed better than other economic indicators as a whole.

Data from the 2Q 2020 Middle Market Indicator (MMI) released today by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) reveals that the year-over-year growth fell to -3.7 percent, down from the 7.5 percent positive growth rate reported in 4Q 2019. At the same time, the S&P 500 reports -13.9 percent revenue growth.

7/20/2020 | BusinessAMLive
Do You Know What Your Business Is Worth? Think Again

According to a recent study by The National Center for the Middle Market at Ohio State University, middle market companies with a strategic approach to their digital transformation grow faster than their peers. And while more than half of the executives surveyed said digital transformation was important, less than 10% said it was critical to their company’s strategy. This disconnect represents a failure to tie digital transformation to value creation.

7/13/2020 | Fortune
Why COVID-19 hasn’t stopped digital transformation at midsize companies

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the country, causing serious or fatal illness, uncertainty, and job loss for millions of Americans, it is also infecting business income statements, stanching cash flow, and threatening balance sheets. The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) is tracking the pandemic’s effect on midsize companies. These are the 200,000 or so American businesses that collectively account for a third of private sector GDP and employment, and that historically have produced the fastest growth and created the largest number of new jobs—about 60% of net new private sector jobs in the past decade.

7/10/2020 | Ohio Business
Facing Uncertain Times

While cautiously optimistic at the end of 2019, executives in the middle market, expressed concern over uncertainty in the second quarter of this year, according to the National Center for the Middle Market’s 2Q Middle Market Indicator Survey.

However, executive attitudes have been improving since March.

7/6/2020 | Columbus Business First
Employers are more optimistic about an economic recovery – but layoffs keep coming

Business executives are feeling more confident in the long-term prospects of the economy, but the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll in the short term. The National Center for the Middle Market at Ohio State University surveyed 1,000 executives from mid-sized companies around the country and found improving sentiment in June. Just 13% of executives felt the pandemic would have a catastrophic impact on their business, down from 25% in March. That survey, though, came before infection rates again began to climb in several states in late June.