Optimism reigns in global leader survey.(business outlook)(by Accenture)

Financial Executive, April, 2006 by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey

Global business leaders seem to be smelling the roses, at least for their own operations. Three-quarters of senior executives in North America, Europe and Asia believe their companies and industries will grow in 2006, according to the results of an online survey released by Accenture.

The annual survey--which identifies the business outlook and major concerns of more than 900 "C-suite" executives in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada and China--also found that 78 percent of companies will be hiring in the next few months, either to fill crucial positions as they are vacated or to actively recruit new employees. In addition, nearly half (46 percent) of the companies expect to increase spending this year.

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