Innovation behavior of agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises: The case of Europe’s emerging economies

Gaukhar B. Kussainov; Sayed H. Saghaian; Michael R. Reed

doi:10.22434/IFAMR2020.0016

Innovation behavior of agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises: The case of Europe’s emerging economies

Gaukhar B. Kussainov, Sayed H. Saghaian, Michael R. Reed

Agricultural Economics

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Abstract

This paper examines the innovative behavior of agri-food firms located in Central and Eastern Europe. In the literature, empirical analyses on innovation activities of firms focus on various case studies from around the world. However, very few studies explore the innovation of small and medium sized enterprises from Central and Eastern Europe’s agri-food sector. The analysis uses the logit estimation method and firm-level data, which are obtained from ERBD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey. Results suggest that firms that spent some proportion of their financial budget on research and development, had workforce training programs, and bought fixed assets are more likely to launch product, process, organizational, and marketing innovations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	355-369
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2020.0016
State	Published - 2021

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Saghaian acknowledges support from the USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project No. KY004052, under accession number 1012994.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative	1012994, KY004052

Keywords

Central and Eastern Europe
agri-food sector
firm-level data
innovation drivers

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Food Science
Business and International Management

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