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| Voigt, Tim; Kuhl, Rainer. |
| An important indicator or even the crucial factor of the competitiveness of a company can be seen in its innovative capacity, i.e. the abstract capacity to launch continuous product innovations and to implement the required processes in the internal structure of an organization. This is also true for the food industry as several studies of the broad area of innovations in the food market have shown (Galizzi/Venturini, 1996). From a more macroeconomic perspective, the national innovation systems have been analyzed, as well as general trends in the food sector (Menrad, 2001). In the empirical literature we find several surveys analyzing the influence of the innovative performance of firms in the food industry (Herrmann et al., 1996; McNamara et al., 2003).... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6614 |
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| Voigt, Tim; Kuhl, Rainer. |
| Convenience food is characterized by a value added to the product core that corresponds to fast changing consumer needs. Thus, convenience food can be considered as an example of one of the most innovative product categories in the domain of the food industry. Concerning innovative activities the prevailing perception of convenience food is that all decisive impulses are coming from the market e.g. are driven by the power of demand. If so, than food producers have the chance to react on these impulses when developing novel convenience food solutions timely and close to the market development intent meeting the requirements of the consumers. In this paper we are going to propose a different viewpoint: firms who are developing, producing and selling... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49880 |
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