Unlocking firm innovation under regional disadvantage: Can psychological openness compensate?

Firm innovation is strongly shaped by regional endowment – defined here as regional supply- and demand-side conditions for innovation – yet many regions are disadvantaged by having low levels of such endowment. While recent research increasingly emphasizes the role of regional soft factors , such as psychological openness, we still know relatively little about how such factors influence firm innovation under conditions of low structural endowment. Theoretically, we draw on Schmookler's scissors