Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey Carving Out a Global Niche [Hardcover]

This book presents hidden champions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)?and Turkey that have been studied as a joint project between CEEMAN and IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia. This is an outcome of?extensive research?undertaken by over 30 researchers and covers?15 countries from Russia to Albania; covering many contexts, political systems, cultures and infrastructures.?The reader is provided with?a detailed?introduction to the concept of?hidden champions?and describes the cases studied in this project.?This book is an invaluable resource providing a?culmination?of?interdisciplinary, cross-study chapters ranging from leadership to performance?drivers;?from organization?to?culture and?governance; from innovativeness?to sustainability and?further to the?financial aspects of hidden champions business models. These meta level chapters are followed by 15 country-specific chapters which provide an overview of each countrys history, economic indicators and vignettes of the cases involved in this study. This resource offers interdisciplinary chapters ranging from leadership to performance drivers; from organization to culture and governance; from innovativeness to sustainability and further to the financial aspects of hidden champions business models.

1.Introduction.- 2.Research Methodology.- 3.Leadership?of?Hidden?Champions?from?Vision?to Communityship.- 4.Three?Bivalent?Performance?Factors?of?Hidden?Champions Ownership,?Organizational?Culture?and?Organizational Governance.- 5.Innovation?Behaviour?of?Hidden Champions.- 6.International Marketing.- 7.In?Search?of?Sustainable?Business?in Central?and Eastern Europe.- 8.Financial?Aspects?of HCs?Business Models.- 9.Hidden Champions?of Albania.- 10.Hidden Champions?of Belarus.- 11.Hidden Champions?of Bosnia?and Herzegovina.- 12.Hidden Champions?of Croatia.- 13.Hidden Champions?of Estonia.- 14.Hidden Champions?of Hungary.- 15.Hidden Champions?of Latvia.- 16.Hidden Champions?of the?Republic?of Macedonia.lc1