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Re:Bolt announces layoffs by wodenokoto on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:49AM (#31515083)
"Hidden Champions", it is not super recent, but it deals with mostly what you are looking for.

The thesis is (If I remember correctly) that the backbone of Germanys economy are "Hidden Champions", small but highly skilled and specialized companies that can produce a niche (technical) good at an quality that cannot be matched by any other mean, making them practical the entire market for that thing.

- The book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Champions-Twenty-First-Century...

- Wikipedia even has an article on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_champions

Re:Bolt announces layoffs by walleeee on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:46PM (#31521310)
mittelstands!