This paper examines the impact of the local opioid epidemic on corporate innovation. Using a large sample of U.S. public firms from 2003 to 2017, we find that firms located in counties with higher death rates caused by opioid overdoses are significantly less innovative as measured by their...

In this paper we discuss how cooperation and trust among entrepreneurs can be challenged when they are dealing with venture creation in the context of radical innovation. Entomology-based foods are considered as one of the most promising innovation in the food sector. However they impose radical...

This study investigates the effect of individual health conditions on individual innovation output, utilizing the staggered passage of recreational marijuana policies as an exogenous shock. Employing a large and current sample of U.S. inventors from 2010 to 2018, our study identifies a...