Hidden champions are highly successful small and medium-sized companies that are global leaders in terms of market share in their respective niches. Presenting the outcomes of an in-depth, multinational study on hidden champions in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Russia, China, Mongolia and Turkey, this book provides essential insights into the critical drivers of success, market leadership positions, competitive advantage, and core lessons learned on the road to business prosperity. It also addresses development needs in connection with management, financing and the regulatory environment, which can in turn be used to create recommendations for various stakeholders (e.g. governments, financial institutions, management development institutions) in order to support hidden champions in their further growth and business success.

Introduction

Research Methodology
Hidden Champions: Leadership Success Factors
Hidden Champions: Common Lessons Learned on the Path to Success
Hidden Champions: Financing and Regulatory Environment Development Needs-Context Matters
Hidden Champions: Management and Leadership Development Needs
Hidden Champions of Albania
Hidden Champions of Belarus
Hidden Champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hidden Champions of Bulgaria
Hidden Champions of China
Hidden Champions of Croatia
Hidden Champions of the Czech Republic
Hidden Champions of Hungary
Hidden Champions of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Hidden Champions of Kosovo
Hidden Champions of Lithuania
Potential Hidden Champions of Moldova
Hidden Champions of Mongolia
Hidden Champions of Montenegro
Hidden Champions of Poland
Hidden Champions of Romania
Hidden Champions of Romania
Hidden Champions of Serbia
Hidden Champions in Dynamically Changing Societies: The Case of Slovakia
Hidden Champions of Slovenia
Hidden Champions of Turkey
Hidden Champions of Ukraine.