Abstract
When conducting a large-scale qualitative research project such as the one presented in this book, two major benefits for the business community arise. First, practitioners get the opportunity to peak into individual success stories and draw conclusions from separate case studies presented in country chapters (Yin 2014; Gummesson 2000). The second major benefit is general conclusions drawn from all the hidden champions involved in this research. These are the main lessons from the project: major findings offering invaluable insights into the formation of a hidden champion. Based on the methodology of meta-analysis of individual case studies, main conclusions were drawn and, according to their similarity, they were categorized into 13 themes (Patton 2015). These themes represent the general lessons of this research and sum up the project’s major findings. It is important to note that these lessons are given by successful hidden champion managers and no reference is made to academic work within the lessons. This has been done on purpose, as the authors’ intention is to let the voices of practitioners be heard. And they do have plenty to say.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Berberović D, Činjarević M, Kožo A (2019) Success despite lack of support: lessons learned from hidden champions doing business in fragile business environments. Sarajevo Bus Econ Rev 37:192–204
Cadden T, Millar K, Treacy R, Humphreys P (2020) The mediating influence of organisational cultural practices in successful lean management implementation. Int J Prod Econ 229
Ellram LM, Ueltschy Murfield ML (2019) Supply chain management in industrial marketing-Relationships matter. Ind Market Manag 79:36–45
Foss NJ, Saebi T (2018) Business models and business model innovation: between wicked and paradigmatic problems. Long Range Plann 51:9–21
Gummesson E (2000) Qualitative methods in management research, 2nd edn. Sage, Thousand Oaks
Kowalkowski C, Gebauer H, Kamp B, Parry G (2017) Servitization and deservitization: overview, concepts and definitions. Ind Market Manag 60:4–10
Lexutt E (2020) Different roads to servitization success: a configurational analysis of financial and non-financial service performance. Ind Market Manag 84:105–125
Najafi-Tavani S, Najafi-Tavani Z, Naudé P, Oghazi P, Zeynaloo E (2018) How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity. Ind Market Manag 73:193–205
Patton MQ (2015) Qualitative research & evaluation methods, 4th edn. Sage, Thousand Oaks
Solaimani S, Haghighi A, van der Rhee B (2019) An integrative view on Lean innovation management. J Bus Res 105:109–120
Yin RK (2014) Case study research design and methods, 5th edn. Sage, Thousand Oaks
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Berberović, D., Kožo, A., Činjarević, M. (2021). Hidden Champions: Common Lessons Learned on the Path to Success. In: Braček Lalić, A., Purg, D. (eds) Hidden Champions in Dynamically Changing Societies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65451-1_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65451-1_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-65450-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-65451-1
eBook Packages: Business and ManagementBusiness and Management (R0)