• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.323-324
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• 2016

부산광역시 선도기업을 중심으로 한국형 히든챔피언(글로벌강소기업, 월드클래스300)에 선정된 기업의 특성을 분석하여, 부산 지역의 중소 중견기업이 정부의 중견기업지원 사업을 신청 하여, 선정 시 우위에 설 수 있는 전략을 수립하고자 한다. 또한 2016년부터 시행되는 부산광역시 선도기업과 한국형 히든챔피언의 중간 단계인 '부산형 히든챔피언 육성사업'에 도움이 될 수 있는 시사점을 도출한다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.187-198
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• 2015

The purpose of this research is to explore the characteristics of Korean Global Hidden Champions focused on the success factors of foreign hidden champions. For this, we investigated the application process of these success factors of foreign hidden champions to Korean Global Hidden Champions and analyzed characteristics of Korean Global Hidden Champions with the cases of 11 companies. This research shows that there are the success factors of foreign hidden champions such as leadership and goals, self production, high-performance employees, market focus, continuous innovation, closeness to customer, globalization. This research also shows that there are some differences in the individual application process of success factors to each company. The Korean SME's trying to achieve the position of global hidden champions should know the success factors of foreign hidden champions clearly and investigate the application process of these success factors to Korean Global Hidden Champions carefully so that they may apply these lessons to their management processes and activities.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.21-33
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• 2016

This paper aims to investigate the relations among the entrepreneurship, SWOT factors, and performance in Korean hidden champion firms. 112 potential Korean hidden champions were drawn at random from the hidden champion candidates of Export-Import Bank of Korea. For analyzing the relationship of them, the entrepreneurship factors categorized with organizational risk taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness from previous researches(Khandwalla, 1977; Miller, 1983; Miller & Friesen, 1978, 1982). Also, four SWOT factors classified into strength, weakness, opportunities, and threat by confirmatory factor analysis. As a result, we found some statistically significant effects between the SWOT factors and entrepreneurship factors, and they sequentially affects to performance. That is, as a presented with previous research, there is verified that entrepreneurship is caused by organizational risk taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness. Also, SWOT factors significantly affect to business performance. Some guidelines for practicing potential Korea hidden champions as a result of this would include; first of all, it is important to support the potential hidden champions consulting approach in global perspectives; secondly, effective governmental support programs for hidden champions should be developed for positive impacts of according to these results.

• The monthly packaging world
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• s.316
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• pp.94-98
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• 2019

독일의 경영학자 헤르만 지몬(Hermann Simon)은 그의 저서 <히든 챔피언(Hidden Champion)>에서 대중에게 잘 알려져 있지 않지만 각 분야의 세계시장을 지배하는 우량 기업을 전 세계에 알렸다. 히든 챔피언에 속하는 기업들은 평균 60년 이상의 기업 수명, 평균매출액 4,300억원, 평균성장률 8.8%, 분야별세계시장 점유율33% 이상이라는 공통점을 지니고 있다고 한다. 수출주도형 국가인 우리나라는 많은 히든 챔피언을 필요로 하지만, 지속되는 경기불황 속에서 중소기업이 세계시장을 이끌어가는 강소기업이 되는 것은 결코 쉬운 일이 아니다. 그런데 우리나라 포장기업 중 히든챔피언이라 부를 만한 기업이 있다. 바로 그라비어인쇄 및 컨버팅기계 전문기업 성안기계(주)이다. 세계 유수의 기업들과 어깨를 나란히 하고 있는 성안기계의 신동호 회장을 만나 경영 철학, 해외시장 공략법 등 성안기계가 강소기업으로 성장한 여정을 들어보았다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.259-272
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• 2020

In fostering dynamic, innovative SMEs, hidden champion companies can be an appropriate model for SMEs to learn the success factors. On the other hand, the need for intellectual property management is becoming important as the value of a company is changing from a financial asset to an intellectual property. Therefore, in this study, the patent portfolio analysis of the hidden champion companies mentioned in Herman Simmon's book "Hidden Champion" was performed. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that patents are not possessed or patent activities are actively carried out and a differentiated intellectual property management strategy is implemented to improve patent quality depending on the characteristics of the technology possessed. The results of these studies can be used as basic data to prepare an intellectual property management strategy for companies that want to create opportunities to acquire monopoly rights and reduce patent maintenance and management costs. In addition, in this study, the patent IPC analysis verified that Herman Simmon's claim that "Hidden champions have the ability to focus on core competencies and focus on one technology" is valid.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.163-174
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• 2016

The object of this study identifies the weights of SWOT factors in hidden champion. And the other purpose of the study is to test the differences of weight between Korea hidden champion group and Germany theirs group. The survey research is employed for the hidden champion CEOs of two countries. This research is employed the AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) for the weight of SWOT factors in hidden champion based on an empirical survey done to 61 firms which are to be fostered as Korean type hidden champion and 40 firms which are to be fostered as Germany type hidden champion. And then the t-test assesses whether the weight means of two groups are statistically different from each other. The weights of SWOT factors of hidden champion have been identified. There are the differences of weight between Korea group and Germany group. The order of Korea group's weight is following by the strength (0.3062), the opportunities (0.2344), the threat (0.1804), and the weakness (0.1157). The order of Germany group's weight is following by the strength (0.2603), the opportunities (0.2286), the threat (0.1604), and the weakness (0.1432). The technology capability of strength, the lack of knowledge on overseas market of weakness and the market uncertainty of thereat have statistically differences between two groups. However, the sub-factors of opportunities statistically have no differences.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.97-111
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• 2013

This study reviews preceding research for detailed factors to establish development strategies for Korean Hidden Champion firms and classifies strategy factors into internal ones and external ones through specialists' opinions to draw strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each factor. It also sets hierarchical model to draw up a survey, distributes the survey to groups of specialists and enterprises respectively and then examines consistency ratio. Fifty-four copies of survey whose reliability on responses is secured through examining the consistency ratio are evaluated with their relative importance in factors by using SWOT/AHP technique and their order of priority is determined. Based on their results, development strategies for Korean Hidden Champion firms are established. SWOT/AHP analyses results show that external factors are with the opportunity of industry growth and the threat of intensified competition and market uncertainty and internal factors are with the strength in order of technological competence, construction competence in customer relation and marketing competence. The weakness in the lack of funds, lack of brand awareness in order. This result suggests that external environments of enterprises that more emphasis should be put on the industry growth and aggressive strategies cannot help but be adopted even in a global competition getting fiercer every day are seen more important. Then, it also seems to be thought that the technological competence including R&D and specialization, construction competence in customer relation and marketing competence should internally chosen for strategies to support strategies. The order of priority in development strategies for Korean Hidden Champion firms is drawn as; (i) aggressive S/O strategy which utilizes opportunities by taking advantage of strengths, (ii) W/O strategy which utilizes opportunities by supplementing weaknesses, (iii) diversified S/T strategy which utilizes strengths to make up for threats and (iv) defensive W/T strategy which supplements weaknesses to overcome threats.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.79-86
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• 2015

국내 중소기업은 양적인 증가가 지속되고 있으나 중견기업 또는 대기업으로 성장 잠재력은 미흡하다. R&D 투자부족에 따른 기술경쟁력 미흡이 성장 장애의 주된 요인으로 부각되고 있는데 우리나라 국가경제의 경쟁력과 창조경제 산업구조를 강화하기 위해서는 글로벌 역량을 확보한 히든 챔피언의 육성이 필요한 실정이다. ICT 중소기업을 대상으로 사례분석과 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 한국형 글로벌 히든 챔피언을 육성하기 위해서는 기업의 기술역량 강화가 가장 핵심이며 특히 원천기술 개발, 융합기술 역량강화를 위해 출연연을 비롯하여 산학연 협력 또는 개방형 혁신을 통한 맞춤형 개발지원과 공동 R&D 프로그램 개발이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.76-104
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• 2012

For many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), innovation activities to lead a market with technology development and a globalization strategy tend to be a haphazard process due to a lack of capabilities. Thus, this paper aims to explore success factors of the global leading SMEs in Korea that are not only the first mover through technology innovation but also outstanding in export. The analysis utilizes data from Korean Innovation Survey (KIS) and statistical analyses such as t-test and chi-square are performed to compare global leading SMEs and normal SMEs, concentrating on various factors such as information sources, collaboration and non-technology innovation activities. The results indicate that critical success factors involve information from outside companies (information from conferences and government institutes) and government supports through logistic regression analysis. This research suggests a strategic direction for policy makers to promote innovation and growth in SMEs.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.185-203
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• 2014

In thus study Hidden Champion of Europe looking for ways to global competitiveness through case study of the country's mid-sized businesses and then we hope that its innovative capacity is expected to increase. This study shows as follows that mid-sized enterprises try to develop through R&D, financial system and suitable specialized induction, etc. This means that the economy of R. O. Korea achieves the $ 2 trillion in trade area. To develope of first economy, we are trying to establishement on global industrial system, it is important to competitiveness.