The paper
Velocity with Containment
An AI Adoption Doctrine for Mid-Market Leaders
By Katerina Andreeva · Version 1.0 · Published June 2026
About the paper
Nearly every mid-market company has adopted AI. Almost none can show what it was worth. This paper explains the gap and argues the way across it: the mid-market's real advantage is decision velocity, most companies destroy it by imitating the enterprise, and the discipline that preserves it is containment, a clear goal and an honest grasp of recurring cost.
Written for C-level leaders of US mid-market companies. Doctrine, not manual.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7021841 · Version 1.0 · June 2026
How to cite
Andreeva, K. (2026). Velocity with Containment: An AI Adoption Doctrine for Mid-Market Leaders (Version 1.0). SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7021841
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