The new book titled ‘Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey – Carving out a global Niche’, is edited by Peter McKiernan, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and prof. Danica Purg, CEEMAN and IEDC, and published by the Springer.
The book (437 pages) represents results of the international research on hidden champions from 15 CEE countries, conducted by a group of 32 field-researchers from 18 countries, under CEEMAN leadership.
“This book will surprise you, as it surprised me. I was flabbergasted when I first learned of the sheer number of Hidden Champions in the CEE countires. Many of these midsized world market leaders are truely high-tech and world class,” claims Prof. Hermann Simon, whose bestselling book 'Hidden Champions of the 21st Century' inspired the research of Hidden champions in CEE, and he also generously offered his research methodology.
Hidden Champions are highly innovative, differentiated and specialized small to medium-size companies holding lead market positions in narrow market segments internationally. They successfully ride on a wave of global competitiveness and even in times of economic turndown demonstrate the capacity to grow.
In the book ‘Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey – Carving out a global Niche’ you can read and learn about leadership of hidden champions, their ownership, organizational culture and organizational governance, innovation behavior, marketing approach and financial and sustainability aspects of their business models.
The book also presents individual country chapters containing an overview of each country’s history, economic indicators and vignettes of the hidden champion cases involved in this study.
Book reveals hidden champions in the 15 countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
In short, this book is:
- the first book on globally leading, niche market SMEs in CEE and Turkey
- comprehensive research and overview of hidden champions in CEE and Turkey
- interdisciplinary and cross-study chapters on leadership, organizational innovation, sustainability and financial aspects
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