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Firm and regional economic outcomes associated with a new, broad measure of business innovation

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  • Brian E. Whitacre
  • Devon Meadowcroft
  • Roberto Gallardo

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Most innovation-oriented studies use measures such as patent activity or research expenditures, likely ignoring the role of more home-grown upgrades or opportunity-recognizing activity common in businesses across the U.S. This study develops a broader ‘innovation index’ using a new survey of businesses that provides a wide lens for capturing innovative practices. The index is used in a series of regressions testing the relationship between innovation and both firm and regional-level economic outcomes. Results from the firm-level regressions show that the innovation index has a positive and significant relationship with wages paid to employees and product market growth. The regional analysis demonstrates that innovation is correlated with several regional economic variables, including median household income, and that spatial spillovers from innovation exist in some instances.

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  • Brian E. Whitacre & Devon Meadowcroft & Roberto Gallardo, 2019. "Firm and regional economic outcomes associated with a new, broad measure of business innovation," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(9-10), pages 930-952, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:31:y:2019:i:9-10:p:930-952
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2019.1630486
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    1. Grete Hagebakken & Christian Reimers & Elsa Solstad, 2021. "Entrepreneurship Education as a Strategy to Build Regional Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-17, February.
    2. Marcos Segantini & Lori A. Dickes, 2020. "Creative-entrepreneurs and new venture performance a study of the creative class at the firm-level," Documentos de Investigación 124, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales.
    3. Anne Margarian & Cécile Détang-Dessendre & Aleksandra Barczak & Corinne Tanguy, 2022. "Endogenous rural dynamics: an analysis of labour markets, human resource practices and firm performance," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(8), pages 1-33, August.

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