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Introducing the concept of product and process innovation from a management theoretical point of view, this paper attempts to prove its relevance for the Dutch Agro-Food Industry in particular. Therefore, it starts with a concise conceptual view on innovation product and process management in general, consequently linking it to the Dutch Agro/Food Industry, for which trends of decline are showing. Elaborating on this link, the paper presents some empirical results concerning the management factors underlying product and process innovation in this field.
In executing the research, a central role was ascribed to managers, and their behaviour towards product and process innovation on enterprise level. Thus, studying product and process innovation from a managers’ point of view a questionnaire was composed and personally administered among 76 managers, each responsible for product and process innovation management in their firm.
From these data a relevant and interpretable factor solution was derived and evaluated, together with some closely related hypotheses.
Mr. C. Ouwerkerk is greatfully acknowledged for his statistical assistance.
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Sneep, A.G. (1996). Product and Process Innovation Management in the Dutch Agro-Food Industry: Some Empirical Results. In: Galizzi, G., Venturini, L. (eds) Economics of Innovation: The Case of Food Industry. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50001-5_9
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