Research has shown that the most successful small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) outperform their competition with four key traits. These companies are the ones to watch and learn from. Typically, they’re the market leaders who are decreasing time to market, creating more innovative products and winning the race to improve the bottom line. Analyst firm, Aberdeen Research, wanted to understand what know more so they looked into the top 20% of SMBs and here is what they found.