{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3204743327","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","title":"Digital pioneers in the periphery? Toward a typology of rural Hidden Champions in times of digitalization","display_name":"Digital pioneers in the periphery? Toward a typology of rural Hidden Champions in times of digitalization","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-09-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3204743327","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","mag":"3204743327"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909?needAccess=true","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764810659","display_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","issn_l":"0827-6331","issn":["0827-6331","2169-2610"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909?needAccess=true","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066921209","display_name":"Carsten Rietmann","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-6768","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-6768"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114112103","display_name":"Leibniz University Hannover","ror":"https://ror.org/0304hq317","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114112103"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Carsten Rietmann","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-6768","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114112103"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5066921209"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114112103"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5524,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87324211,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"2","first_page":"281","last_page":"301"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12636","display_name":"Regional Development and Innovation","score":0.44850000739097595,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3303","display_name":"Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12636","display_name":"Regional Development and Innovation","score":0.44850000739097595,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3303","display_name":"Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13053","display_name":"SMEs Development and Digital Marketing","score":0.12409999966621399,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12885","display_name":"Digital Innovation in Industries","score":0.07530000060796738,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hidden-champions","display_name":"hidden champions","score":0.9380000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rural-enterprises","display_name":"rural enterprises","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digitalization","display_name":"digitalization","score":0.9890000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises","display_name":"small and medium-sized enterprises","score":0.9369999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/firm-typology","display_name":"firm typology","score":0.8840000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digitalization-policy","display_name":"digitalization policy","score":0.6449999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-innovation","display_name":"regional innovation","score":0.41499999165534973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-constraints","display_name":"resource constraints","score":0.6990000009536743}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75795011","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917904","display_name":"Typology","level":2,"score":0.9255379438400269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3684312105178833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.3020128011703491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.20214968919754028}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909?needAccess=true","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764810659","display_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","issn_l":"0827-6331","issn":["0827-6331","2169-2610"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repo.uni-hannover.de:123456789/16772","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/16772","pdf_url":"https://repo.uni-hannover.de/bitstreams/b77173f2-d8eb-414f-9065-4cd2321ad284/download","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401575","display_name":"Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover (Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I114112103","host_organization_name":"Leibniz University Hannover","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114112103"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"doc-type:Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:www.repo.uni-hannover.de:123456789/16772","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/16772","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401575","display_name":"Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover (Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I114112103","host_organization_name":"Leibniz University Hannover","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114112103"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 36 (2021), Nr. 2","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"doi:10.15488/16645","doi":"https://doi.org/10.15488/16645","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.15488/16645","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407052956","display_name":"Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"JournalArticle"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","pdf_url":"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909?needAccess=true","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764810659","display_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","issn_l":"0827-6331","issn":["0827-6331","2169-2610"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.833299994468689,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.7207000255584717,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.550000011920929,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G26985135","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2820FD007A","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323499","funder_display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Ern\u00e4hrung und Landwirtschaft"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323499","display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Ern\u00e4hrung und Landwirtschaft","ror":"https://ror.org/04jw21793"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3204743327.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W165442882","https://openalex.org/W1496698723","https://openalex.org/W1557476529","https://openalex.org/W1803546023","https://openalex.org/W1973269960","https://openalex.org/W2002554683","https://openalex.org/W2009406225","https://openalex.org/W2018546981","https://openalex.org/W2052385757","https://openalex.org/W2092487000","https://openalex.org/W2127419039","https://openalex.org/W2166097927","https://openalex.org/W2329916376","https://openalex.org/W2499391188","https://openalex.org/W2685118618","https://openalex.org/W2749855819","https://openalex.org/W2771272209","https://openalex.org/W2773195121","https://openalex.org/W2789290528","https://openalex.org/W2807183273","https://openalex.org/W2894851113","https://openalex.org/W2898978145","https://openalex.org/W2905989456","https://openalex.org/W2909024529","https://openalex.org/W2918526887","https://openalex.org/W2921551168","https://openalex.org/W2954733199","https://openalex.org/W2969878646","https://openalex.org/W2972425613","https://openalex.org/W3042890668","https://openalex.org/W3089937100","https://openalex.org/W3119405299","https://openalex.org/W3128195700","https://openalex.org/W3131845295","https://openalex.org/W3132467969","https://openalex.org/W3210762296","https://openalex.org/W6629687693"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W6924855629","https://openalex.org/W4226436220","https://openalex.org/W4311716078","https://openalex.org/W4403167053","https://openalex.org/W7204806844","https://openalex.org/W4416332542","https://openalex.org/W4241718353","https://openalex.org/W2993400580","https://openalex.org/W3098278889","https://openalex.org/W658501604"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,99,115],"unravel":[1],"dimensions,":[2],"conditions,":[3],"and":[4,21,50,82,88,94,127,134],"outcomes":[5],"of":[6,63,73,78,121,124,144],"digitalization":[7,49,113,152],"for":[8],"Hidden":[9],"Champions":[10],"(HCs)":[11],"in":[12,15,41,70,106],"rural":[13,42,107,128],"areas":[14,43,108],"Germany.":[16],"As":[17],"highly":[18],"innovative":[19,103,138],"small-":[20],"medium-sized":[22],"market":[23,104],"leaders,":[24],"HCs":[25,64,77],"are":[26,34,97,109],"challenged":[27],"to":[28,48,117],"maintain":[29],"their":[30,71],"niche":[31],"dominance":[32],"but":[33],"endowed":[35],"with":[36,56,65],"significant":[37],"resources.":[38],"However,":[39],"firms":[40],"face":[44],"resource":[45,91],"constraints":[46],"related":[47],"innovation.":[51],"Based":[52],"on":[53],"qualitative":[54],"interviews":[55],"28":[57],"companies,":[58],"we":[59],"develop":[60],"a":[61,118],"typology":[62],"four":[66],"firm":[67,150],"types":[68,96],"differing":[69],"handling":[72,143],"digitalization:":[74],"Digital":[75],"HCs,":[76,81],"Digitalization,":[79],"Traditional":[80],"Digitalization-Skeptical":[83],"HCs.":[84],"Their":[85],"digitalization-related":[86],"potential":[87],"risk":[89],"assessment,":[90],"availability,":[92],"strategy,":[93],"innovation":[95],"portrayed.":[98],"provide":[100],"evidence":[101],"that":[102],"leaders":[105],"not":[110],"necessarily":[111],"also":[112],"front-runners.":[114],"contribute":[116],"deeper":[119],"understanding":[120],"the":[122],"nexus":[123],"digitalization,":[125],"SMEs,":[126],"areas.":[129],"Our":[130],"findings":[131],"have":[132],"managerial":[133],"policy":[135,153],"implications.":[136],"Less":[137],"SME":[139],"can":[140],"emulate":[141],"HCs\u2019":[142],"digitalization.":[145],"Regional":[146],"policymakers":[147],"should":[148],"expand":[149],"type-specific":[151],"formulation.":[154]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2021-10-11T00:00:00"}