Top executives of companies are generally a sanguine bunch. But the economic crisis of 2008 shook their confident about future prospects and the recovery in confidence has not been uniform. According the 2010 Price Waterhouse Survey of 1,198 CEOs, 81 per cent of CEOs worldwide are confident of their prospects (compared to 61 pecent a year ago).
Indian execs as supremely confident at 97 per cent, whereas 91 per cent in China feel confident about their prospects; Only 80 percent of CEOs in the United States share their Asian brethren’s attitude.