Kitchen window by Tala

Kitchen window by Tala, originally uploaded by gideonstrauss.

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Ichironomics

Ever since reading Tom Peters's Liberation Management and Hermann Simon's Hidden Champions, years ago, I have been enamoured of what is called "mittelstand businesses" - small- to mid-sized companies that have a leadership position in a global niche market.

This week, I read a blog entry by Tom Peters arguing for a city economic policy that emphasizes mittelstand business - an approach dubbed "ichironomics" by Rich Karlgaard of Forbes magazine.

Now I'm wondering: What is the multi-generational economic development vision of our city of Hamilton? And, what (if any) mittelstand companies already make their home in this city?