CEO Survey 2011

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The 1,201 chief executives in 69 countries we polled for our 14th Annual Global CEO Survey were nearly as confident in their outlook for revenue growth over the coming 12 months as in the boom years before the crisis. High levels of confidence in light of continued uncertainty in several major economies are surprising.

This year, they have set their targets on more immediate growth, in particular, by growing revenues in regions where recoveries are strong and the promise stronger still. And those regions are not always close to home.

CEOs in our survey also identified three focal points to drive strategic change internationally: innovation, talent and a shared agenda with government. In all three areas, they pointed to new attitudes and approaches, tailored to deal with the issues of the multi-speed global recovery that they hope is now underway.