Overview
- Presents a unique collection of company profiles and cases from Swiss B2B and B2C market leaders in export markets
- Demonstrates success factors, common pathways, and unique business strategy insights into the Swiss business ecosystem
- Includes analysis of diverse ownership structures including family-owned firms
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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Part IV
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Part VI
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Keywords
- Open access book
- Competitiveness of Swiss SMEs
- Export strategies of swiss companies
- SME export strategy
- Swiss family enterprises
- Swiss founders and entrepreneurs
- B2B market leaders in Switzerland
- Management field research
- Stakeholder management
- Innovation and intellectual property in Switzerland
- Leveraging competencies
- Cost competitiveness
- Quality engineering
About this book
The book enhances these insights by providing detailed company profiles documenting the company history, development, and how their relevant global niche positions were reached. Readers will benefit from these profiles as they compile a diverse selection of industries, mainly active within the B2B sector, with mostly mature companies (60 years to older than 100 years since founding) and different types of ownership structures including family firms.
‘Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship’ brings unique learning opportunities to owners and leaders of SMEs in Switzerland and elsewhere. Findings are based on detailed bottom-up research of 36 companies -- without any preconceived notions. The book is both conceptual and practical. It fosters understanding for different choices in development pathways and management practices.
Matti Alahuhta, Chairman DevCo Partners, ex-CEO Kone, Board member of several global listed companies, Helsinki, Finland
Start-up entrepreneurs need proven models from industry which demonstrate the various paths to success. “Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship” provides deep insights highlighting these models and the important trade-offs entrepreneurial teams must consider when choosing the path of high growth or of maximum control, as they are often mutually exclusive.
Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Thierry Volery is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Management Department at ZHAW School of Management and Law, in Winterthur. He is concurrently Visiting Professor at the University of St Gallen and at the University of Western Australia. His teaching and research interests include start-up process, entrepreneurship behaviour, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial leadership, and innovation management. He is author of several books and has published in leading journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, and International Small Business Journal.
Heiko Bergmann is Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he conducts and leads research projects at the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His research focus is on issues of entrepreneurship, business emergence, and SME management.
Cornelia Amstutz is a research assistant at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, Faculty of Law, and the Steering Committee on Internationalization. Previously, she studied media communication and history and has worked as a consultant in the private sector.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship
Book Subtitle: Swiss SMEs Competing in Global Markets
Authors: Jean-Pierre Jeannet, Thierry Volery, Heiko Bergmann, Cornelia Amstutz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65287-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65286-9Due: 17 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65289-0Published: 19 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65287-6Published: 21 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 561
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Family Business, International Business