Publications
A collection of all publications authored or co-authored by Center staff and/or partners. This collection is a work in progress—if you don’t find a publication you’re looking for, please search for it, or email us at nercrd@psu.edu.
Publications by type:
Publications by topic:
The impact of external knowledge sourcing on innovation outcomes in rural and urban businesses in the U.S.
A summary of “The impact of external knowledge sourcing on innovation outcomes in rural and urban businesses in the U.S.,” by Kathryn R. Dotzel and Alessandra Faggian. Published in Growth and Change, 2019; 50: 515– 547. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12289. This brief was published on June 29, 2020.
Key Takeaways
- This study explored the relationship between innovation and knowledge management–the formation of structures that allow businesses to acquire and integrate new knowledge. The specific focus was on external knowledge sourcing–which outside sources firms target for information that supports the development of new and improved products and production processes.
- For both rural and urban businesses, sources of information characterized by strong ties and high degrees of trust (“primary” sources) had larger positive impacts on most considered innovation outcomes (compared to “secondary” sources).
- When primary knowledge sources were distinguished by industry orientation relative to the business, sources with knowledge bases outside of the business’s industry (“extra-industry” primary sources) had stronger positive relationships with the majority of considered innovation outcomes for rural businesses. Urban businesses, however, seemed to derive relatively equal benefits to innovation from relationships with their extra-industry and “intra-industry” primary sources–those with knowledge bases within the same industry.
Authors: Kristen Devlin and Stephan J. Goetz
Publication: NERCRD Innovation Issues Brief Series Date Published: June 29, 2020
Tags: Innovation Issues Briefs, rural innovation
View Publication
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
View Publication
Google Searches Reveal Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this commentary published in 2021, we examine how consumer interest changed since the advent of the pandemic, by observing Google search trends.
Authors: Claudia Schmidt, Stephan J. Goetz, Sarah Rocker, Zheng Tian
Publication: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Date Published: May 21, 2020
Tags: COVID-19
View Publication
Americans’ Food Spending Patterns Explain Devastating Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service’s Food Expenditures by Outlet data provide insight as to why the lockdowns related to COVID-19 have been so devastating for U.S. farmers.
Authors: Stephan J. Goetz, Claudia Schmidt, Lisa Chase, Jane Kolodinsky
Publication: Journal of Food Systems, Agriculture, and Community Development Date Published: May 21, 2020
View Publication
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
View Publication
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
View Publication
Brief: Google Searches Reveal Changing Consumer Food Sourcing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief No. 2020-7. This brief was also published as a commentary in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development.
Authors: Claudia Schmidt, Stephan J. Goetz, Sarah J. Rocker, Zheng Tian
Publication: NERCRD COVID-19 Issues Brief Series Date Published: May 4, 2020
Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Data Briefs
View Publication
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
View Publication
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
View Publication
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
View Publication
