Articles and presentations
- Spitzenleistung in der DNA – Historie der Hidden Champions, Unternehmermagazin, 1/2 2020. p. 20-23.
- extensively quoted in: Gib es zu, du hattest Glück, Wirtschafswoche, 14.8.2020, p. 15-18.
- in Chinese: Interview on the challenges the Hidden Champions face ini the corona crisis. EMBA magazine, August 2020. An automated English translation is available here.
- in Russian: The Price of Superiority, review of the Russian version of Price Management by Anastasia Matveeva, The Expert Magazine, #31-34(1172) 27.7.2020.
- Interview on Pricing, 50 minute podcast, questions by Dom Monkhouse, 28.7.2020
- Companies with these three qualities take the lead in resuming growth, article based on the live broadcast “Top Design of Pricing Logic: Seeing How the German Stealth Champion Cope with the Epidemic”, hosted by the Machinery Industry Press Huazhang Company and Simon-Kucher, 15.7.2020
- Reimagine the Future – How to Rethink Tomorrow for You and Your Organization, Interview with Professor Kai Thürbach (Technische Hochschule Cologne) and Professor Marcel Hülsbeck (University of Witten/Herdecke), 6.5.2020; also see video in video section.
- La frecuencia de los precios negativos del petroleo, with Miguel Afán de Ribera, Expansion, 30.4.2020, p. 28
- Negative priser på olie er et varsel om en ny virkelighed, with Nicolai Broby Eckert, article in Danish on negative prices for oil, money and digital products, Finans, 29.4.2020
- Negative Prices: Not a New Phenomenon, PPS Blog, Professional Pricing Society, 29.4.2020
- Oil is not the first negative price, and it won’t be the last,
Todayonline, Singapore, 27.4.2020 - Opinion – Prix négatifs : vous n’avez encore rien vu !, with David Vidal, Les Echos, 27.4.2020
- Negative oil prices are not a new phenomenon, The Business Times, 24.4.2020
- Warum negative Preise zu einem Massenphänomen werden, Manager Magazin, 23.4.2020.
- Gewinne sind die Kosten des Überlebens, Interview, Wirtschaftsforum, April 2020
- The Philosophy of Price, Journal of Professional Pricing, Q1/2020, pp. 5-9.
- Weltmarktführer im Mittelstand – im Interview mit Hermann Simon, List Gruppe, Journal, 11.2.2020
- Hermann Simon: le juste prix pour la vie, Consultor, 22.1.2020
- Interview on Hidden Champions (in Mandarin), Global Times, January 2020
- Heavyweight of the Year (Interview in Mandarin), Shensixing, December 2019
- Der Vater der Hidden Champions, ISB aktuell, 2/2019
- Interview zu Pricing, Moneycab.com, 9.12.2019
- in Chinese: China observation of a frequent traveler, Nanjing Daily, 24.11.2019
- Ich bin optimistisch für Deutschland und seine Hidden Champions, Interview Consulting.de, 20.11.2019
- Hidden Champions erwarten Weltklasseleistung, Interview Blog Aurelis Real Estate, 23.10.2019
- Unternehmensgründer Hermann Simon in “Thinkers50 Hall of Fame” aufgenommen, Wallstreet online, 23.9.2019
- Hermann Simon in Hall of Fame aufgenommen, Manager Magazin online, 20.9.2019
- Hidden Champions Papst, Interview, Impact, August 2019
- Dr. Rainer Zitelmann, The Leadership Secrets of the Hidden Champions, Forbes, 15.7.2019
- Extrem optimistisch, Bilanz, Juni 2019
- Eifel, Boston, Shanghai, Letzebuerger Journal, Nr. 117, 21.5.2019
- Vom Eifelkind zum Global Player, Die Wirtschaft, 4/2019
- Digitaler Fortschritt – Kompetezen führender Familienunternehmen, Unternehmermagazin, 1/2 2019
- Höhere Hürden für sensible Firmenübernahmen in Deutschland (quoted), Focus Online, 18.12.2018
- Höhere Hürden für sensible Firmenübernahmen in Deutschland (quoted), Deutsche Welle, 19.12.2018
- CDU-Spitze aus Managementsicht, November 2018
- Der Mann, der die Hidden Champions entdeckte, Manager Magazin, 25.9.2018
- Der Herr der Hidden Champions, Interview Deutsche Welle, 25.9.2018
- Eifeler Schweinepreis, Harvard Business Manager, 9/2018
- Vom Eifelkind zum Global Player – „Preispapst“ Hermann Simon legt seine Autobiografie vor, Handelsblatt, 15.8.2018
- Chinesische Investitionen in Deutschland – 7 Thesen; Chinese investments in Germany – 7 theses
- Kein “Freibier im Nahverkehr”
- Il Gusto di Andare Controcorrente Corriere della sera, February 19, 2018
- Finde Deine Nische und werde darin der Beste: Was wir von den geheimen Weltmarktführern lernen können Absatzwirtschaft, Oktober 2017
- Pricing and the CEO The Marketing Journal, October 2017
- Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab Harvard Business Review, September 2017
- Smart Pricing: Strategies for Business Success, Interview, Leadership 45/2017
- Darum hat Deutschland die Nase vorn, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2017
- Beethoven Bonn (PowerPoint) (PDF), September 2017
- Pricing in the Digital Age, September 2017
- Am Anfang steht die Leidenschaft DirectPoint, August 2017
- Zehn Tipps zum Erfolg DirectPoint, August 2017
- The Ethics of Autonomous Driving: Quo Vadis?, 2025AG, May 2017
- Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs, Harvard Business Review, May 2017
Videos
- Interview mit Dr. Winfried Felser und Gunnar Sohn zu Gewinn und Unternehmensführung, 9. September 2020
- Profit After Corona | Masters Speak by Future Generali India Life, 27. August 2020
- Der achte Tag: Deutschland neu denken 21. August 2020
- in German with English subtitles: Interview with Benjamin Doering on podcast Creative Mind, hosted by Junger Wirtschaftsrat Rheinland-Pfalz, 11. August 2020.
- Speech at Global Digital Conference for SMEs, aired by CCTV to 20 million viewers, 16.07.2020
- Interview on Corona, Hidden Champions and Pricing in English and Chinese, 15.7.2020
- Reimagine the Future – How to Rethink Tomorrow for You and Your Organization, Interview with Professor Kai Thürbach (Technische Hochschule Cologne) and Professor Marcel Hülsbeck (University of Witten/Herdecke), 6.5.2020
- Interview with Hermann Simon about his autobiography Zwei Welten, ein Leben – Vom Eifelkind zum Global Player (German)
- Hermann Simon about Africa’s market potential (German) (English)
- Hermann Simon about the globalization of the Hidden Champions (German) (English)
- Hermann Simon about the innovation power of the Hidden Champions (German) (English)
- Hermann Simon about the digitalization of the Hidden Champions (German) (English)
- Hermann Simon about the success story of the Hidden Champions (German) (English)
- Professor Hermann Simon Introduction
- Speech at Growth Institute