Despite the endless number of consecutive disasters, there is also plenty of good news, such as the presentation of the report on the two thousand Catalan companies that make up the so-called “hidden champions”. We refer to companies that, with a turnover from 10 million euros, they hold positions of global relevance in their respective subsectors. An unknown reality that reflects some very useful dynamics to understand the moment and guide the future.
Thus, our great capacity for initiative is evident, since the vast majority of these companies are first generation and have been able to overcome one crisis after another and, in turn, move from operating in local environments to compete successfully in global and highly competitive markets. One more piece of information to put an end once and for all to the topic that we lack an entrepreneurial spirit.
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In turn, it shows how there is a lot of wealth creation beyond start-ups and digital companies, which tend to monopolize all public discourse, as if only our future well-being depended on them. By contrast, it is in the discreet traditional sectors where the greatest opportunities for growth and job creation reside. Meanwhile, digital initiatives are widely recognized, but mainly because of their accelerated capitalization and the enormous capital gains achieved by their shareholders. In any case, the traditional is not at odds with the digital.
Finally, all of this should serve as an incentive to, once and for all, develop a modern industrial policy oriented mainly towards these “hidden champions”. An alternative that makes even more sense at a time when the industry, within the framework of the inevitable reglobalization that is coming, He is returning to Europe. Far from old protectionist measures, it is about favoring the development of the local productive fabric as, by the way, the most advanced partners of the European Union have been doing.