Einleitung -- Teil I: Wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit CSR & Hidden Champions -- Teil II: Relevanz und Umsetzungspraxis von CSR aus Sicht von Hidden Champions (kategorisiert nach verschiedenen CSR-Handlungsfeldern). Teil III: Erarbeitung von Besonderheiten von Hidden Champions mit Blick...

Foreword by Olaf Mergili, CEO of Microplex Printware AG -- Management in medium-sized companies as a bottleneck? -- How innovative are medium-sized companies? -- About the (in)probability of being able to predict the future: Typical thinking errors, the role of chance in planning and why waiting...

1. Determinants of Risk Management Effectiveness: Previous Research and Conclusions -- 2. Behavioral Determinants of Risk Management Effectiveness -- 3. Endogenous Determinants of Risk Management Effectiveness -- 4. Exogenous Determinants of Risk Management Effectiveness -- 5. Assessment Model...

Chapter 1: The role of the small business within the economy -- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurs vs. owner-managers -- Chapter 3: Surviving the early years -- Chapter 4: Planning and strategy in the small firm -- Chapter 5: Creating customers -- Chapter 6: The process of growth in the small firm --...

Identification of three key topics and research gaps in the literature on VBM in Mittelstand -- Framework for the evaluation of the role of VBM in Mittelstand -- Use of management tools in strategic decision-making -- Specific objectives and nuances in the overall target course -- Understanding...

Einleitung -- Executive Summary -- Grundlagen -- Forschungsmethodik -- Charakterisierung der Probanden -- Führungsstruktur -- Rahmenbedingungen -- Strategien und Geschäftsmodelle für Industrie 4.0 -- Digitalisierung in der Wertschöpfungskette -- Industrie 4.0 und Rolle des Top-Managements --...

Geleitwort von Olaf Mergili, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Microplex Printware AG -- Management im Mittelstand als Bottleneck? -- Wie Innovationsfreudig sind mittelständische Unternehmen? -- Über die (Un-) Wahrscheinlichkeit, die Zukunft vorhersagen zu können: Typische Denkfehler, die Rolle des...

Determinig Optimal Financial Strategies for Nuclear Energy Companies -- Accelerating the Asset Turnover Ratio as an Effective Cost Cutting Policy -- The Schumpeterian Revolution Revisited: On the Linkage between Financial Development, Technological Innovation and Market Share in Emerging Market...

Section I: Implementing Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing in SMEs -- 1. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing -- 2. Computational Intelligence in the Context of Industry 4.0 -- 3. AI and ML for Human-Robot Cooperation in Intelligent and...

Part I: The Concept and its Reception -- Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Hidden Champions -- Chapter 2. Hidden Champions and Export Success -- Chapter 3. Hidden Champions: The Definition. Chapter 4. Why Are There Hidden Champions? -- Chapter 5. Reception of the Hidden Champions Concept -- Part...