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A Global C-Suite Study The Human Dimension of

Globalizing Mid-Caps – as Seen by their Leaders

Welcome to the

Flight Deck

Topline Findings

Welcome to the Flight Deck »

Welcome to the Flight Deck Large public companies (and, increasingly, state-owned enterprises) occupy a

significant proportion of global assets and the attention of business academics and

consulting firms. At the other extreme, start-ups attract ambitious graduates and

‘emigrés’ from major corporates.

What about those in the middle? So far there has been limited work on globalizing

mid-caps, especially on leadership, talent and culture. ‘Welcome to the Flight Deck,’ a

new study by leading business school IMD and Amrop, a global executive search

partnership, explores this missing link.

3 Main Factors Are Positioning Globalizing Mid-Caps to Win Customers and Talent 1 Freedom

2 Connectivity

3 C-suite stewardship


Further Findings

1 Successful mid-caps take an ambitious, long-term view.

2 79% study the successes and failures of other companies.

3 Only 9% feel truly ready for globalization,

4 Managerial and cultural capacity for globalization are top-

ranking critical issues.

5 Mid-caps strike a compelling balance between local

autonomy and corporate influence.

6 Globalizing mid-caps have powerful employer branding to

attract leadership talent.

7 Many mid-caps are ideally positioned to be innovation and entrepreneurship champions.

8 Mid-cap boards are tailoring themselves for globalization.

Implications, challenges and strategies

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Mid-caps have a number of

factors in their favour. An

enduringly entrepreneurial

and innovative spirit – often

founder-driven. A virtuous

combination of freedom

and connectivity, supported

by C-suite members

exercising a ‘human touch.’

These combine to allow

enviable agility and vitality.

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Profiling the Mid-Cap Leaders For What’s Next


Recommended Mid-Cap Initiatives For What’s Next


Methodology Sampling

Interviewing Process

Analysis




Acknowledgements Interviewees from the following organizations have given formal permission for their organizations’

names to be published in the report. We sincerely thank them, and all interviewees whose

organization names have been withheld to respect confidentiality, for their invaluable contribution to

our study.




About the Authors

About IMD

About Amrop

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We thank Panteia B.V




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