Greek Hidden Champions: Lessons from Small, Little-known Firms in Greece

European Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 663-674

  Voudouris, Irini ^a   Lioukas, Spyros ^a   Makridakis, Spyros ^b   Spanos, Yiannis ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Champions; Competitive advantage; Customer services; Innovation; Leadership; Niche markets; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042227262     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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