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Rola innowacji miękkich w badaniach innowacyjności przedsiębiorstw z sektorów niskotechnologicznych na przykładzie sektora spożywczego
[The Role of the Soft Innovation in the Research of Low-Tech Sectors on the Example of Food Industry]

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  • Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena

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Artykuł dotyczy problematyki innowacyjności podmiotów działających w sektorach niskich technologii. Podjęto w nim rozważania na temat przyczyn niskiej obecności przedsiębiorstw z takich sektorów w statystykach dotyczących innowacyjności. Przedstawiono podstawowe definicje innowacji. Ukazano specyfikę sektora spożywczego jako jednego z kluczowych sektorów gospodarki światowej. Następnie przedstawiono sposoby wprowadzana innowacji miękkich przez przedsiębiorstwa sektora spożywczego. (abstrakt oryginalny) EN The study refers to the issue of innovation entities operating in the low-tech sectors. It discusses the reasons for the low presence of companies from this kind of sectors in the statistics on innovation. The article presents the basic definitions of innovation. It shows the specificity of the food sector as one of the key sectors of the global economy. Next, reference is made to the current distribution of innovations and the specifics of soft innovation are presented, including an attempt to identify ways of soft innovations introduction by food businesses. (original abstract)

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  • Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena, 2016. "Rola innowacji miękkich w badaniach innowacyjności przedsiębiorstw z sektorów niskotechnologicznych na przykładzie sektora spożywczego [The Role of the Soft Innovation in the Research of Low-Tech S," MPRA Paper 84757, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Innowacje; Innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw; Przemysł spożywczy; Wartość dla klienta; Innovations; Enterprise innovation; Food industry; Customer value;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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