上世纪80年代中期,管理学家赫尔曼·西蒙从德国充满活力的中小企业中找到了德国经济高速成长的秘密,提出了“隐形冠军”的概念。20年过去了,中国版的“隐形冠军”成为中国经济最为活跃的力量之一,但同时,“隐形冠军”的概念已在各路媒体泛滥。本刊以书面采访的形式,同时对赫尔曼·西蒙教授和中国隐形冠军研究学者邓地进行了采访,惊讶地发现:我们通常所理解的隐形冠军,其实有太多谬误,也太简单。 In the mid-1980s, the management scientist Hermann Simon found out the secret of the rapid economic growth in Germany from the dynamic SMEs in Germany and put forward the concept of “invisible champion”. Twenty years later, the Chinese version of “Invisible Champion” has become one of the most dynamic forces in China’s economy. However, the concept of “Invisible Champion” has spread in various media outlets. Interviewed by Prof. Hermann Simon and Deng Dian, China’s invisible Champion Research Scholar, in a written interview, I was surprised to find that invisible champions as we usually understand are in fact too fallacious and too simplistic.