Hidden Champions

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Hidden Champions: Lessons from 500 of the World's Best Unknown Companies by Hermann Simon 1996, 298 pages ISBN 0-87584-652-1.

Simon's hidden champion is a firm that:

  • occupies the number one or two positions in its worldwide market, or
  • is the number one position in its European market
  • is a small- or medium-sized firm
  • is "hidden" from the general business press
  • have been in business for an average of 67 years
  • average $120 million in annual revenues, 51.4% of which are exported
  • are predominantly family-owned.

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