Location and adoption of ICT innovations in the agri-food industry

Domènech, Josep; Martínez-Gómez, Victor; Más‐Verdú, Francisco

doi:10.1080/13504851.2013.864032

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“…Firms which are engaged in the agricultural sector need to innovate so as to increase their productivity and supply markets with new products, incorporating low prices and high quality at the same time so as to meet consumers' challenges (Domenech et al 2014).…”

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“…Another determining factor which leads to higher level of technology acceptance is the extent to which human capital is educated and trained (Giunta and Trivieri 2007;Domenech et al 2014). Rogers and Shoemaker (1971) have described "innovators" as individuals who are wealthy, educated and have a high social status.…”

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“…Many related studies have investigated the adoption of ICT tools in the agrifood sector in specific countries using questionnaires (e.g. Domenech et al 2014;Batterink et al 2006;Mondal and Basu 2009). The majority of the papers published (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In line with relevant literature, these factors can be further divided into three main categories: socioeconomic, environmental and cultural. Concerning socioeconomic variables income of farmers (Rogers 1995;Domenech et al 2014), exporting activity (Domenech et al 2014), female employment (Chandrasekaran and Tellis 2008;Stremersch and Tellis 2004) and participation of countries in international organization (Tellis et al 2003) tend to have a positive effect on the probability of innovation adoption. On the contrary, regarding the environmental variables, probability of adoption is higher in countries where there are low temperatures compared to countries with high temperatures, while lastly concerning the cultural dimensions, in countries where societies are risk avenging, innovations are less likely to be successful (Chandrasekaran and Tellis 2008;Tellis et al 2003).…”

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Factors affecting innovation and imitation of ICT in the agrifood sector

2018

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Diffusion of innovations has gained a lot of attention and concerns different scientific fields. Many studies, which examine the determining factors of technological innovations in the agricultural and agrifood sector, have been conducted using the widely used Technology Accepted Model, for a random sample of farmers or firms engaged in agricultural sector. In the present study, a holistic examination of the determining factors that affect the propensity of firms to innovate or imitate, is conducted. The diffusion of ICT tools of firms which are engaged in the NACE 02/03 as well as in the NACE 10/11 classifications for 49 heterogeneous national markets is examined, using the Bass model. The innovation parameter is positively associated with rural income, female employment, export activity and education of farmers, while the imitation parameter is increased in countries whose societies are characterized by uncertainty avoidance.

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Factors affecting innovation and imitation of ICT in the agrifood sector

2018

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“…A strand of empirical literature examines the factors influencing R&D and innovation (henceforth, R&D/innovation) activities in food processing firms in different countries and regions (Avermaete et al ., ; Capitanio et al ., ; Karantininis et al ., ; Ghazalian, ; Alarcón and Sánchez, ; Fearne et al ., ; Triguero et al ., ; Domenech et al ., ). This empirical literature reveals varying qualitative and quantitative relationships between firm characteristics and R&D/innovation activities across countries and regions.…”

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R&D and Innovation in Food Processing Firms in Transition Countries

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Fakih²

2016

J Agricultural Economics

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We examine the implications of the liberalised economic conditions associated with the economic transformations in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for R&D and innovation in the food processing sector. We use a dataset derived from the World Bank's Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys (BEEPS) database to examine the relationships between R&D/innovation activities in food processing firms in transition countries and (i) privatisation, (ii) foreign direct investment, (iii) trade activities, (iv) market competition pressure, and (v) economies of scale. The empirical analysis is implemented through: (i) a double‐hurdle model for R&D participation and expenditures, and (ii) a bivariate probit model for product and process innovation. We find that these economic transformations generally promote R&D/innovation activities in the food processing sector. Our results suggest that broadened and deepened economic liberalisation policies would improve the innovation performance of the food processing sector in transition countries, and would enhance competitiveness in domestic and foreign markets. They also indicate that innovation policies may need to be tailored to market and industrial characteristics of different transition regions.

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