Hidden Champions and their integration in rural regional innovation systems: Insights from Germany

IF 2.4 Q2 ECONOMICS
Carsten Rietmann
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Abstract This article studies the integration of Hidden Champions – little-known highly innovative global market leaders – in rural regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany. These firms are analyzed in relation to their integration into a RIS framework, which differentiates two subsystems: knowledge generation and diffusion, and knowledge application and exploitation. The relevance of firm-internal and firm-external regional influencing factors on rural RIS integration is examined. The article proposes that Hidden Champions are weakly integrated in RIS due to their international sales focus and high technological specialization. To test this premise, 57 expert interviews with Hidden Champions and regional actors were conducted. It was found that key influences for RIS integration of this firm type are ownership structure, firm size, organizational status, location economies, and urbanization economies. Family businesses are on average more integrated than other firm types, but vary significantly in their integration.
隐形冠军及其在农村区域创新体系中的整合:来自德国的见解
摘要本文研究了德国农村区域创新体系(RIS)中隐性冠军(Hidden Champions)的整合问题。本文分析了这些企业与RIS框架整合的关系,该框架区分了两个子系统:知识生成和扩散,以及知识应用和开发。考察了企业-内部和企业-外部区域影响因素对农村RIS整合的相关性。本文认为,隐性冠军由于其国际销售重点和高度的技术专业化,在RIS中的整合程度较弱。为了验证这一假设,我们对57位专家进行了采访,采访对象包括隐形冠军和地区参与者。研究发现,股权结构、企业规模、组织地位、区位经济和城市化经济是影响该类型企业RIS整合的关键因素。平均而言,家族企业的整合程度高于其他类型的企业,但在整合程度上差异很大。
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