Hidden Champions of the 21st Century

March 24, 2013 815

Simon, H. (2009). Hidden Champions of the 21st Century: Success Strategies of Unknown Market Leaders. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Dordrecht.

Read the review by Reg Litz of the University of Manitoba, published in Family Business Review’s March issue:

Hidden champions do one thing better than anyone, and then do it anywhere the world it needs to be done. They define their markets astutely and dynamically—they look for a different kind of answer and then keep looking for it. They ask and keep asking difficult questions, like how things might be made at least a little better.

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