Not all economically disadvantaged—“less developed” or “lagging”—regions are the same.
They are, however, often bundled together for the purposes of innovation policy design and …

Purpose The innovation creation literature primarily focuses on urban firms/regions or relies
heavily on these data; less studied are rural firms and areas in this regard. The purpose of …

In this study we investigate whether and to what extent social capital may affect regional
innovation by focusing on private firms in the United States. We document that regional …

Heterogeneity of inventiveness across urban, metro-adjacent rural and remote rural counties
is analyzed using a spatial autoregressive negative binomial regression model, taking into …

Rural economic development strategies increasingly focus on “homegrown” economic
policies, including investing in entrepreneurial development. However, few studies have …

Innovation and small fast-growing knowledge-intensive enterprises are often described as a
potential engine for development of rural economies of the post-socialistic countries …

What are the best proxies for innovation and do the best proxies vary by type of region? A
commonly used and easily obtained measure is patenting, but there may be disadvantages …

Rural and urban America have becoming increasingly divided, both politically and
economically. Entrepreneurship can help rural communities catch back up by jumpstarting …

The purpose of this replication is to promote debate regarding the measures of innovation
best able to inform our understanding of creative cities. This is done by demonstrating that …

This paper examines the relationship between external knowledge sourcing and a diverse
set of innovation outcomes in rural and urban establishments in the US Existing studies in …