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...

This study investigates market orientation's dimensions (i.e., customer orientation, competitor orientation and technological orientation) as antecedents to radical innovation in an application to the pharmaceutical industry. Numerous researchers in strategic orientation literature have...

This paper synthesizes five determinants of innovation and productivity of a nation. They are namely: (1) human resources and their characteristics, (2) natural and physical resources and their characteristics, (3) systems and strategies and their characteristics, (4) interactions and...

This article examines how leader firms should respond to the erosion of competitive advantages caused by rapid imitation and innovation in hypercompetitive environments. On the one hand, shorter-lived advantages induce leaders to develop new advantages faster. On the other hand, hypercompetition...

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...

Developed-country multinationals (DMNEs) have increasingly engaged in the practice of offshoring innovation to emerging countries. In this article, we leverage and extend the institution-based view to further our understanding of this phenomenon. Specifically, we examine the differential effects...

This article explores the concept of leveraging global knowledge for business model innovation, whereby knowledge is transferred across space and firm boundaries for the reconfiguration of an incumbent firm's business model. Considering the implications of an ever-increasing fragmentation of...

This paper is an action research conducted in order to prove the connection of introducing intrapreneurial management concept with the motivation and productivity of employees and thus the organization’s efficiency and profitability. Each employee, as individual, possess potential degree of...

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to verify whether the "family entrepreneurship" model is an important development opportunity for Croatian tourism and whether family businesses, with their innovative approach to designing a tourist product, change the trends in the tourist market and whether...