the mighty Dwarfs

Article | Sun, 07/01/2001 - 01:00

My experience with large corporations suggested that the hidden champions avoid most facets of the "big company" syndrome like inflexibility, bureaucracy, excessive division of labor and remoteness from the customer. ... As I tried to apply many of the insights gained from the hidden champion research to larger firms, I found that giants can learn a lot from the mighty dwarfs."



—Hermann Simon, Hidden Champions

Lessons From 500 of the World's Best Unknown Companies, Harvard Business School Press, 1996