Has the global financial crisis had different effects on innovation performance in the agri-food sector by comparison to the rest of the economy?

Zouaghi, Ferdaous; Sánchez, Mercedes

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2016.01.014

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“…Table presents the estimated coefficients and their bootstrapped standard errors (SEs) for the standard random‐effects probit model of overall innovation propensity. The estimated coefficients for the dummy variables for industry and business size are not significant, contrary to the results of Zouaghi and Sanchez (), although the latter covered all Spanish firms in the food sectors. Despite these results, it is important that these two covariates remain in the model because this information is used in the BCS survey design to generate the randomly sampled businesses in the food industry, and the current modelling did not apply any weights.…”

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“…In fact, the recent work of Tuhin () indicated that innovation and export behaviour of Australian small and medium businesses were interrelated and that exporters were 7 per cent to 10 per cent more likely to be innovators, which shows some consistency with the findings of Domenech et al . () and Zouaghi and Sanchez (). Access to finance is of crucial importance for investing in innovations (Sauer ). In this study, small businesses that sought debt and/or equity finance were found significantly more likely to innovate.…”

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“…() indicated that the adoption of ICT technologies was a key factor for innovation in agri‐food industries in Spain, and it was highly influenced by firm size and export orientation. Another study of Spanish agri‐food firms showed that export was positively associated with the four types of innovation (Zouaghi and Sanchez ). Providing evidence on the relationship between export and innovation in small businesses in the food industry has received little attention, although there is evidence showing that Australian businesses engaging in any export activity are more likely to innovate (Soames et al .…”

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“…() found that innovation depends on business age and regional economic performance. Zouaghi and Sanchez () found a significant impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on the innovative performance of agri‐food firms. The year effects were considered in this current study to capture the impact of GFC.…”

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What's driving innovation in small businesses in Australia? The case of the food industry

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Villano

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There is strong evidence that innovation is a primary driver of a nation's economic growth. As Australia continues to compete in the global economy, it is imperative that businesses should be innovative to improve their performance. In this paper, we evaluate the status and main drivers of innovation in small businesses in the food sector in Australia. Discrete choice modelling and bootstrapping procedures are applied to a panel of firm‐level data collected through the ABS Business Characteristics Survey (2006–2007 to 2010–2011 for the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Business Longitudinal Database Confidential Unit Record File) to investigate the factors affecting the likelihood of small food businesses to innovate. Results show that businesses are more likely to innovate if they collaborate, have higher information and communication technology intensity, and use science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills. We also found that small food businesses, even at the subsector level, do combine different types of innovation when innovating. The propensity to innovate also increases for small businesses that have flexible working arrangements, face moderate‐to‐strong market competition, operate overseas and seek finance through debt and equity. The relative importance of these factors was found to vary between agricultural and nonagricultural food subsectors.

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“…En el caso específico de la industria agroalimentaria, es notorio como las innovaciones se han convertido en un instrumento importante para las empresas de este sector (Zouaghi, & Sánchez, 2016 El sector agroindustrial colombiano presenta poca innovación y dentro de los tipos de innovación no se evidencian grandes adelantos en la aplicación de tecnología, es decir que la innovación tecnoló-gica es escasa (Becerra-Gualdrón, & Cruz-Vásquez, 2014). Situación similar se presenta en Chile, según investigación realizada por Geldes, Felzensztein y Fenech (2016), quienes muestran que sólo las innovaciones de los productos afectan significativamente el rendimiento de la innovación en todas las industrias.…”

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Innovación y competitividad: micro y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial en Cúcuta

Hernández-Fuentes

Mojica

2017

rev. investig. desarro. innov

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ResumenLa globalización es un factor importante en la toma de decisiones de países y empresas para entrar en la realidad donde la innovación es el principal componente para impulsar la competitividad. El objetivo de la investigación es analizar la innovación empresarial como eje de la competitividad para las microempresas y pequeñas empresas agroindustriales de Cúcuta. Se utiliza para efectos metodológicos un modelo de elección discreta sobre una muestra de empresas del sector agroindustrial. Esta investigación tiene un enfoque mixto, alcance descriptivo -explicativo, creando la necesidad de estudiar la generación de innovación empresarial. Los resultados muestran que las microempresas y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial de Cúcuta deben mejorar su capacidad de innovar en proceso, producto y organización para ser más competitivos. Cúcuta, frontera y segunda ciudad con mayor desempleo en Colombia, necesita de la innovación empresarial para lograr competitividad y mejorar sus condiciones sociales desde lo empresarial.Palabras Clave: agroindustria, competitividad, empresa, gestión, innovación. AbstractGlobalization is an important factor in the decision-making of countries and companies to enter the reality where innovation is the main component to boost competitiveness. The objective of the research is to analyze business innovation as the axis of competitiveness for micro-enterprises and small agro-industrial companies in Cúcuta. A discrete choice model for a sample of companies in the agro-industrial sector is used for methodological purposes. This research has a mixed approach: descriptive -explanatory scope, creating the need to study the generation of business innovation. The results show that micro-enterprises and small companies in the agro-industrial sector of Cúcuta should improve their capacity to innovate in process, product and organization to be more competitive. Cúcuta, the frontier and second most unemployed city in Colombia, needs business innovation to achieve competitiveness and improve its social conditions from the business point of view.

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The effects of business associations in the export–survival relationship: An application to the DOC Rioja wine industry

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Much has been said about the role that business associations play in the survival of firms, but little is known about how this influences the relationship between exports and the survival of firms. Considering the diverging theoretical assumptions about the importance of business associations, we hypothesize in this paper on the direct effect of association membership on the survival of firms, and its moderating effect on the export–survival relationship. For Qualified Designation of Origin (DOC) Rioja wineries, we show that both exporting and association membership have a positive effect on the survival of firms, although association membership reduces the positive effect of exports to survive. These results hold up under alternative survival model specifications. The study explores the complex role of associations in the wine industry, which is important to understand in the context of the current COVID‐19 crisis. [EconLit Citations: L25, L66, M16, M21].

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Has the global financial crisis had different effects on innovation performance in the agri-food sector by comparison to the rest of the economy?

Cited by 46 publications

References 68 publications

What's driving innovation in small businesses in Australia? The case of the food industry

What's driving innovation in small businesses in Australia? The case of the food industry

Innovación y competitividad: micro y pequeñas empresas del sector agroindustrial en Cúcuta

The effects of business associations in the export–survival relationship: An application to the DOC Rioja wine industry

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