{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4413042777","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0193","title":"Digital Bricolage and Its Limits: How Microenterprises Undertake Digitalization in Resource-Constrained Environments","display_name":"Digital Bricolage and Its Limits: How Microenterprises Undertake Digitalization in Resource-Constrained Environments","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-08-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4413042777","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0193"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1287/isre.2023.0193","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0193","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S202812398","display_name":"Information Systems Research","issn_l":"1047-7047","issn":["1047-7047","1526-5536"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315699","host_organization_name":"Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315699"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Systems Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/503306/1/ISR_full_paper_ACCEPTED_VERSION.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005912901","display_name":"Stan Karanasios","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-6058"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165143802","display_name":"The University of Queensland","ror":"https://ror.org/00rqy9422","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Stan Karanasios","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Queensland Business School, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-6058","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Queensland Business School, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028206548","display_name":"PK Senyo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-3826"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I43439940","display_name":"University of Southampton","ror":"https://ror.org/01ryk1543","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I43439940"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"P. K. Senyo","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Southampton Business School (USBS), Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-3826","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Southampton Business School (USBS), Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I43439940"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059953283","display_name":"Aljona Zorina","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9133-1478"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1289910757","display_name":"NEOMA Business School","ror":"https://ror.org/01g1pe685","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1289910757"]}],"countries":["FR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aljona Zorina","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain and Decision Support, Neoma Business School, 76825 Mont-Saint-Aigna, France"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain and Decision Support, Neoma Business School, 76825 Mont-Saint-Aigna, France","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1289910757"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060463083","display_name":"John Effah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0155-0333"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I138690464","display_name":"University of Ghana","ror":"https://ror.org/01r22mr83","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I138690464"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John Effah","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Legon, Ghana"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Legon, Ghana","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I138690464"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5005912901"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165143802"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":10.0889,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98067315,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"37","issue":"1","first_page":"526","last_page":"548"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12786","display_name":"Innovation and Socioeconomic Development","score":0.9939000010490417,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1403","display_name":"Business and International Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12786","display_name":"Innovation and Socioeconomic Development","score":0.9939000010490417,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1403","display_name":"Business and International Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.9879999756813049,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11437","display_name":"Digital Platforms and Economics","score":0.9836000204086304,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"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/bricolage","display_name":"Bricolage","score":0.7992082834243774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.5312974452972412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.5179046988487244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.4964023232460022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.4741777181625366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-transformation","display_name":"Digital transformation","score":0.46463751792907715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competitive-advantage","display_name":"Competitive advantage","score":0.4477519989013672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entrepreneurship","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","score":0.4275061786174774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-based-view","display_name":"Resource-based view","score":0.4151419699192047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.3889591097831726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.3219519853591919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.20133695006370544}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777805874","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913510","display_name":"Bricolage","level":2,"score":0.7992082834243774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.5312974452972412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5179046988487244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4964023232460022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.4741777181625366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126082660","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4252370","display_name":"Digital transformation","level":2,"score":0.46463751792907715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58546491","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150207","display_name":"Competitive advantage","level":2,"score":0.4477519989013672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84309077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908516","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","level":2,"score":0.4275061786174774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779669084","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382097","display_name":"Resource-based view","level":3,"score":0.4151419699192047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.3889591097831726},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3219519853591919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.20133695006370544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1287/isre.2023.0193","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0193","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S202812398","display_name":"Information Systems Research","issn_l":"1047-7047","issn":["1047-7047","1526-5536"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315699","host_organization_name":"Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315699"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Systems Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:503306","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/503306/1/ISR_full_paper_ACCEPTED_VERSION.pdf","pdf_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/503306/1/ISR_full_paper_ACCEPTED_VERSION.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401019","display_name":"ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I43439940","host_organization_name":"University of Southampton","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I43439940"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:503306","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/503306/1/ISR_full_paper_ACCEPTED_VERSION.pdf","pdf_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/503306/1/ISR_full_paper_ACCEPTED_VERSION.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401019","display_name":"ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I43439940","host_organization_name":"University of Southampton","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I43439940"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.4300000071525574}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4413042777.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4413042777.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1574345320","https://openalex.org/W1998983722","https://openalex.org/W2012268795","https://openalex.org/W2034186670","https://openalex.org/W2061139826","https://openalex.org/W2075763914","https://openalex.org/W2094936992","https://openalex.org/W2096024875","https://openalex.org/W2102770878","https://openalex.org/W2105797741","https://openalex.org/W2122613799","https://openalex.org/W2136434542","https://openalex.org/W2140534103","https://openalex.org/W2146777437","https://openalex.org/W2148060162","https://openalex.org/W2159485756","https://openalex.org/W2685118618","https://openalex.org/W2790959394","https://openalex.org/W2894041548","https://openalex.org/W2912239496","https://openalex.org/W2912800036","https://openalex.org/W2914439198","https://openalex.org/W3007886569","https://openalex.org/W3045962627","https://openalex.org/W3081895711","https://openalex.org/W3121755451","https://openalex.org/W3124363355","https://openalex.org/W3124536214","https://openalex.org/W3154806947","https://openalex.org/W3180989014","https://openalex.org/W3187686125","https://openalex.org/W3195634313","https://openalex.org/W3204393790","https://openalex.org/W3206063766","https://openalex.org/W3216411034","https://openalex.org/W4200277685","https://openalex.org/W4210356752","https://openalex.org/W4211139017","https://openalex.org/W4214923506","https://openalex.org/W4231949869","https://openalex.org/W4240150052","https://openalex.org/W4249025654","https://openalex.org/W4285726376","https://openalex.org/W4313530024","https://openalex.org/W4319985167","https://openalex.org/W4321615845","https://openalex.org/W4371784784","https://openalex.org/W4385362376","https://openalex.org/W4385362744","https://openalex.org/W4387671446","https://openalex.org/W4394808703"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3215761178","https://openalex.org/W2126276979","https://openalex.org/W3125814141","https://openalex.org/W4313430759","https://openalex.org/W2243798869","https://openalex.org/W2030104426","https://openalex.org/W1766432380","https://openalex.org/W236186058","https://openalex.org/W4377987567","https://openalex.org/W3121636719"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Small":[0],"enterprises":[1,80],"are":[2],"under":[3],"pressure":[4],"to":[5,12,19,70,73,90,147],"change":[6],"and":[7,76,94,112,144,162,170,188],"digitalize.":[8],"Many":[9],"have":[10],"had":[11],"reimagine":[13],"how":[14,102,184],"they":[15],"use":[16],"digital":[17,42,56,190],"technology":[18,158],"do":[20,39],"business.":[21],"Our":[22,84],"research":[23],"suggests":[24],"that":[25,51,100,125],"for":[26,78,88],"microenterprises,":[27],"digitalization":[28,103,120],"can":[29],"be":[30],"an":[31,122],"organic":[32],"form":[33],"of":[34,61,136,174,183],"development,":[35],"driven":[36],"by":[37],"making":[38],"with":[40,152],"the":[41,59,65,116,134,142,153,167],"resources":[43],"at":[44],"hand":[45],"rather":[46],"than":[47],"a":[48,181],"deliberate":[49],"strategy":[50],"prioritizes":[52],"investment":[53],"in":[54,81,106,129,159,192],"complex":[55],"technology.":[57],"Harnessing":[58],"potential":[60],"this":[62,178],"could":[63],"accelerate":[64],"UN\u2019s":[66],"Sustainable":[67],"Development":[68],"Goal":[69],"increase":[71],"access":[72],"value":[74],"chains":[75],"markets":[77],"small":[79,175],"developing":[82],"countries.":[83],"findings":[85],"offer":[86],"evidence":[87],"policymakers":[89],"rethink":[91],"conventional":[92],"strategies":[93],"develop":[95],"more":[96],"context-sensitive":[97],"support":[98,189],"mechanisms":[99],"reflect":[101],"actually":[104],"unfolds":[105],"resource-limited":[107,138],"settings.":[108],"For":[109],"information":[110],"systems":[111],"management":[113],"education":[114],"research,":[115],"empirical":[117],"study":[118],"theorizes":[119],"from":[121],"alternative":[123],"perspective":[124],"is":[126],"less":[127],"emphasized":[128],"current":[130],"literature.":[131],"It":[132],"considers":[133],"reality":[135],"many":[137],"business":[139],"ventures":[140],"around":[141],"world":[143],"their":[145],"need":[146],"\u201cmake":[148],"do.\u201d":[149],"This":[150],"contrasts":[151],"prevailing":[154],"emphasis":[155],"on":[156],"cutting-edge":[157],"existing":[160],"literature":[161],"case":[163],"studies.":[164],"By":[165],"spotlighting":[166],"emergent,":[168],"adaptive,":[169],"often":[171],"improvised":[172],"nature":[173],"enterprise":[176],"digitalization,":[177],"work":[179],"invites":[180],"rethinking":[182],"we":[185],"teach,":[186],"study,":[187],"innovation":[191],"diverse":[193],"global":[194],"contexts.":[195]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-23T07:36:19.812096","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}