Health and creativity: Evidence from corporate innovation

IF 8 1区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Research Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2025.105310

Truc (Peter) Do , Kelvin Jui Keng Tan , Yanhui Wu

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Abstract

This study examines how workforce health affects corporate innovation output. At the inventor level, we show that healthier individual inventors, measured using facial recognition-based estimates of Body Mass Index, produce more valuable patents. At the firm level, we show that better workforce health is associated with improved innovation output, particularly in the presence of increased creative destruction and product market competition. Improved workforce health enhances corporate innovation primarily through efficiency gains. This study highlights the importance of workforce health as one of the key drivers of innovation and emphasizes the need for firms to prioritize employee health in their innovation strategies.

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健康与创造力：来自企业创新的证据

本研究探讨员工健康如何影响企业创新产出。在发明人层面，我们表明，使用基于面部识别的身体质量指数估计来衡量，更健康的个体发明人产生了更多有价值的专利。在公司层面，我们表明，更好的劳动力健康与改进的创新产出有关，特别是在创造性破坏和产品市场竞争加剧的情况下。劳动力健康状况的改善主要通过提高效率来促进企业创新。本研究强调了员工健康作为创新关键驱动力之一的重要性，并强调了企业在创新战略中优先考虑员工健康的必要性。

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Research Policy MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

12.80

自引率

6.90%

发文量

182

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