Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...

The present paper briefly characterizes main problems and trends in innovation activity of Slovak enterprises during 1990s. It is based on three questionnaire surveys (1990, 1996, 1998) in the sample of large and medium sized, mainly manufacturing companies. Even the last survey shows that...

Over the past years, businesses have had to tackle the issues caused by numerous forces from political, technological and societal environment. The changes in the global market and increasing uncertainty require us to focus on disruptive innovations and to investigate this phenomenon from...