-- Large companies (those driving annual revenues of above $1 Billion)
are 43% more likely than midmarket companies to align performance metrics
to business goals, and 35% more likely to target performance management
initiatives on specific areas of the business
-- Midmarket companies (those achieving annual revenues of $50 Million to
$1 Billion) are 88% more likely than large companies to adopt a method for
defining operational key performance metrics and 88% more likely to
establish an internal and external review of performance metrics
"Midmarket enterprises realize that implementation of performance
management software must be coupled with initiatives designed to
incorporate performance management tools into the business," says Max
Gladstone, Research Associate and co-author of the study. "Midmarket
enterprises are more likely than Large to establish a corporate culture
around performance evaluation."
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