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The drivers of product innovations in pulse-based foods: insights from case studies in France, Italy and USA

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  • Matteo Lascialfari
  • Marie-Benoît Magrini
  • Pierre Triboulet

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The United-Nations named 2016 the International Year of Pulses to promote pulses for more sustainable agro-food systems. However, pulses are hampered by lock-in and new pulse food products are required. This study analyzed pulses-based food product innovations dynamics in some Western countries, in order to provide guidance for researchers and practitioners about the factors that promote and hinder those innovations. Combining literature from innovation economics and sociotechnical transition studies, we built comprehensive guidelines to explore the multiple aspects of those innovations, applied on twelve cases studies of French and Italian firms that introduced such products in France, Italy and the US. The results show that firms? strategies were first focused on product differentiation, without specific communication about pulses? benefits. Moreover, the findings revealed that there are still too few links between food processors and the agricultural sector to foster a sustainable conception of the agro-food chain. JEL Codes: O300, L100, M300

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  • Matteo Lascialfari & Marie-Benoît Magrini & Pierre Triboulet, 2019. "The drivers of product innovations in pulse-based foods: insights from case studies in France, Italy and USA," Journal of Innovation Economics, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 111-143.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:jiedbu:jie_028_0111
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    1. Matteo Lascialfari & Marie-Benoît Magrini & Guillaume Cabanac, 2022. "Unpacking research lock-in through a diachronic analysis of topic cluster trajectories in scholarly publications," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(11), pages 6165-6189, November.
    2. Marie-Benoit Magrini & Hugo Fernandez-Inigo & Antoine Doré & Olivier Pauly, 2021. "How institutional food services can contribute to sustainable agrifood systems? Investigating legume-serving, legume-cooking and legume-sourcing through France in 2019," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 102(3), pages 297-318, September.
    3. Tanja Dergan & Aneta Ivanovska & Tina Kocjančič & Pietro P. M. Iannetta & Marko Debeljak, 2022. "‘Multi-SWOT’ Multi-Stakeholder-Based Sustainability Assessment Methodology: Applied to Improve Slovenian Legume-Based Agri-Food Chains," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-26, November.
    4. Marie-Benoît Magrini & Guillaume Cabanac & Matteo Lascialfari & Gael Plumecocq & Marie-Josephe Amiot & Marc Anton & Gaelle Arvisenet & Alain Baranger & Laurent Bedoussac & Jean-Michel Chardigny & Géra, 2019. "Peer-Reviewed Literature on Grain Legume Species in the WoS (1980–2018): A Comparative Analysis of Soybean and Pulses," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-37, December.
    5. Weituschat, Chiara Sophia & Pascucci, Stefano & Materia, Valentina Cristiana & Caracciolo, Francesco, 2023. "Can contract farming support sustainable intensification in agri-food value chains?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
    6. Pierre Triboulet & Gaël Plumecocq, 2021. "Quality standards between co-existence and coordination: Lessons from the French durum wheat case study," Post-Print hal-03507225, HAL.

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    Keywords

    Food Product Innovation; Pulses; Sustainable Diet; Multi-Level-Perspective Approach; Agrofood System;
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    JEL classification:

    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General

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