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Innovation in small food processing enterprises and dynamics of local development

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Innovation, SMEs, Food industry, Food production, Development, R&D
Date
2005-01
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Food Marketing & Agri-Innovation
REDP End of Project Reports
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http://hdl.handle.net/11019/156
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Innovation in small food processing enterprises and dynamics of local development. The National Food Centre Research Report No. 71. Denise Mahon and Eamonn Pitts. Dublin; Teagasc, 2005. ISBN 1841704040
Abstract
The extent of innovation in small food processing firms in the Border and South West regions of Ireland were examined as were the factors relating to innovation in these firms. Eighty-five percent of firms undertook some form of innovation in the five years preceding the study. Innovation within firms was related to the youth of the manager and of the firm itself and was also associated with investment in staff training and in Research and Development (R&D) by the firm and with numbers of qualified staff.
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European Commission
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