Family-run, seed stage, and high-growth companies are getting ready for what they expect to be a supercharged year as a four-year backlog of impending M&A deals, caused in part by regulatory hurdles, begins to clear. According to JPMorgan Chase research published today, 43% of midsize-business leaders expect to engage in some kind of strategic partnership or acquisition.
The new survey, which polled more than 1,600 executives who control businesses with annual revenues between $20 million and $500 million, also found that confidence in the national economy jumped 12% since last year to 55% among small-business owners and more than doubled from 31% to 65% among midsize-business executives.
