Eco-Innovation adoption in the olive oil sector: A sustainability analysis
The growing concern among consumers for more environmentally friendly products is forcing companies to align their strat-egies accordingly. In recent years, eco-innovation has emerged as a key business strategy to address these new expectations.Considering the significance of the olive oil sector in...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Jaén |
| Repositorio: | RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/6690 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70220 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/6690 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | cluster, competitive advantage, eco-innovation, olive oil industry, olive oil mills |
| Sumario: | The growing concern among consumers for more environmentally friendly products is forcing companies to align their strat-egies accordingly. In recent years, eco-innovation has emerged as a key business strategy to address these new expectations.Considering the significance of the olive oil sector in Spain, this study seeks to evaluate the extent to which eco-innovationshave been adopted in the primary processing segment of the olive oil sector. To this end, a CAWI survey with CATI follow-upwas conducted among olive oil mills in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The final sample consisted of 164 cases, drawnfrom a population of 800. The findings indicate that the level of eco-innovation in the olive oil industry is low. Furthermore, theresults enabled the categorization of olive oil mills into four groups based on their environmental actions: (1) environmentallyresponsible mills, (2) eco-innovative mills, (3) passive mills, and (4) footprint mills. These results have implications for academia,businesses, and institutions alike. |
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