Rural innovation grant program culminates in special sessions at North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association

Content from the special sessions included:

Session I: Rural Innovation is Multifaceted: Findings from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey

Determinants of Rural Business Innovation
Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University; Devon Meadowcraft, Oklahoma State University; Roberto Gallardo, Mississippi State University
The Effects of Sources of Innovation on Innovation Type: Firm-Level Evidence from the United States
Timothy Slaper, Indiana University; Mehmet Demircioglu, Indiana University; David Audretsch, Indiana University
Varieties of Innovation and Firm Survival: Does Pursuit or Incremental or Wide-Ranging Innovation Make Firms More Resilient?
Daniel Crown, The Ohio State University; Anil Rupasingha, USDA Economic Research Service; Tim Wojan, USDA Economic Research Service
The Impact of Knowledge Management Strategies on Innovation Outcomes of Rural and Urban Businesses in the United States
Kathryn Dotzel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Session II: Rural Innovation in Space: Findings from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey

Patenting as Contagion? How Local Employment in Patent Intensive Industry and the Inventive Class Affects the Probability of Applying for a Patent.
Kathryn Dotzel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Tim Wojan, USDA Economic Research Service
Exploring Rural and Urban Firm Innovation: Analysis of the National Survey of Business Competitiveness
John Mann, Michigan State University; Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University; Giri Aryal, Michigan State University; Satish Joshi, Michigan State University
Design, Innovation and Rural Creative Places: Are the Arts an Attractive Amenity, the Cherry on Top, or Secret Sauce?
Tim Wojan, USDA Economic Research Service; Bonnie Nichols, National Endowment for the Arts