Publications

Sources of inspiration matter to business innovation outcomes

A summary of “Sources of innovation and innovation type: firm-level evidence from the United States,” by Mehmet Afik Demircioglu, David B. Audretsch, and Timothy F. Slaper. Published in Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtz010. This brief was published on June 29, 2020.

Key Takeaways

• Businesses tap different sources of knowledge and creativity to drive their innovation activities. Different innovation outcomes are associated with different sources of knowledge.
• Customers, workers, and universities are sources of knowledge positively associated with all types of innovation activity.
• Universities had the statistically strongest effect, suggesting that they are critical to innovation.

Authors: Kristen Devlin and Stephan J. Goetz

Publication: NERCRD Innovation Issues Brief Series Date Published: June 29, 2020

Tags: Innovation Issues Briefs, rural innovation

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In the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Industry, Market Workers and Local Specialized Freight Truckers May be at Greatest Risk

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-10: This data brief was released during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined data relating to the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Industry during that time.

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz, Devon Meadowcroft, Claudia Schmidt, Prasanjit Mitra and Francesco Di Gioia

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: May 12, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Nonmetro COVID-19 Case Growth Higher in Metro-Adjacent Counties, but Case-Fatality Ratio is Lower so Far

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-8: This brief, published in May 2020, offered a snapshot of COVID-19 cases by county type.

Authors: Zheng Tian, Stephan J. Goetz, L. Goetz-Weiss

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: May 5, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Google Searches Predict Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-5: The COVID-19 pandemic produced historically unprecedented numbers of layoffs, leading to surges in the number of unemployment filings: over 26 million Americans have filed claims for unemployment benefits (New York Times, 4/23/2020). In this brief we show how Google Trends searches predated or anticipated these filings, and how they were propagated across the different states as the coronavirus took its toll.

Authors: Zheng Tian and Stephan J. Goetz

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: May 1, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Brief: Americans’ Food Spending Patterns Explain Devastating Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Agriculture

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-9. This brief is also published as a commentary in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development.

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz, Claudia Schmidt, Lisa Chase and Jane Kolodinsky

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: May 1, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Rural Broadband Investment Urgently Needed in the COVID-19 Crisis

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-6 – Issued jointly with the Regional Rural Development. By S.J. Goetz, H.M. Stephens, S.J. Rocker, R. Welborn, S. Turner, D. Albrecht and M. Skidmore, April 28, 2020.

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz, Heather M. Stephens, Sarah J. Rocker, Rachel Welborn, Steven Turner, Don Albrecht, and Mark Skidmore

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: April 28, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Social Capital May Increase Social Distancing

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-4. This brief examines whether a community’s level of “social capital” may predict or be associated with greater adherence to social distancing requirements within U.S. counties during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: April 15, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Rural COVID-19 Cases Lag Urban Areas but Are Growing Much More Rapidly

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-3: This brief examines data on COVID-19 cases by county type as of April 2020.

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz, Zheng Tian, Claudia Schmidt and Devon Meadowcroft

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: April 9, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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Farms with Direct to Consumer Sales in the Northeast Region and COVID-19: Some Early Challenges and Responses

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-1. Agricultural producers who sell directly to consumers faced a particular conundrum during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in that they both tend to be located close to population centers and it is in these densely populated areas where COVID-19 cases were most common. Here we document this issue and discuss resulting challenges for farmers, and their adaptation strategies to date.

Authors: Claudia Schmidt, Zheng Tian, Stephan Goetz, Benjamin Bartley, Brian Moyer, and Sarah Rocker

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: April 1, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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COVID-19, Networks and Regional Science

NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-2: This brief explores network and regional science in the context of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was published as an essay in the June 2020 newsletter of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC).

Authors: Stephan J. Goetz

Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: April 1, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs

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