El papel de la innovación sostenida en la competitividad y la longevidad de los campeones ocultos

This paper explores the case of Hidden Champion firms and in particular looks at the role which innovation plays in enabling them to sustain their position as internationally competitive organizations over a long period. It draws on primary and secondary material to explore six cases in detail and identifies five key attributes which make up their ‘innovation capability’ – building a strong knowledge base, developing extensive high performing networks of collaborators, embedding innovation routines to enable them to repeat the innovation trick, wide exploration of available innovation space and developing dynamic capability – the ability to review, reconfigure and change their innovation models and approaches to suit a constantly changing external environment.