Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the barriers perceived by agribusiness companies in Extremadura; how these barriers influence their disposition to innovate and the type of public actions demanded by these companies in order to boost innovation. Data comes from an ad hoc survey conducted in 2...

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Autores: Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, Beatriz, Ferreiro Seoane, Francisco Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Agribusiness
Innovation
Barriers
Innovation policies
Industria agroalimentaria
Innovación
Barreras
Políticas de innovación
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
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spelling Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactionsIndustria agroalimentaria en Extremadura: obstáculos a la innovación, disposición a innovar y políticas públicas demandadasCorchuelo Martínez-Azúa, BeatrizFerreiro Seoane, Francisco JesúsAgribusinessInnovationBarriersInnovation policiesIndustria agroalimentariaInnovaciónBarrerasPolíticas de innovaciónEconomíaGeografíaSociologíaEconomicsGeographySociologyThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the barriers perceived by agribusiness companies in Extremadura; how these barriers influence their disposition to innovate and the type of public actions demanded by these companies in order to boost innovation. Data comes from an ad hoc survey conducted in 2013. The methodology used combines descriptive analysis with factor analysis and econometric analysis. Main results show that high costs and risks, lack of human resources and difficulties of appropriability are the barriers that reduce the probability to innovate, and that there are important differences among the perceived factors of obstacles and demands of public actions. This can be a reference to develop government policies specifically geared towards boosting innovation in this kind of industry.El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las barreras percibidas por las empresas agroalimentarias en Extremadura; cómo estas barreras influyen en su disposición a innovar y el tipo de acciones públicas que demandan estas empresas para impulsar la innovación. Los datos provienen de una encuesta ad hoc realizada en 2013. La metodología utilizada combina el análisis descriptivo con el análisis factorial y econométrico. Los principales resultados muestran que los costes y riesgos elevados, la falta de recursos humanos y las dificultades de apropiabilidad son las barreras que reducen la probabilidad de innovar, y que existen diferencias importantes entre los factores de obstáculos percibidos y las demandas de las acciones públicas. Esto puede ser una referencia para desarrollar políticas gubernamentales orientadas específicamente a impulsar la innovación en este tipo de industria.Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)20192019-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/40729reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/407292026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
Industria agroalimentaria en Extremadura: obstáculos a la innovación, disposición a innovar y políticas públicas demandadas
title Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
spellingShingle Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, Beatriz
Agribusiness
Innovation
Barriers
Innovation policies
Industria agroalimentaria
Innovación
Barreras
Políticas de innovación
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
title_short Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
title_full Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
title_fullStr Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
title_full_unstemmed Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
title_sort Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded publicactions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, Beatriz
Ferreiro Seoane, Francisco Jesús
author Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, Beatriz
author_facet Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, Beatriz
Ferreiro Seoane, Francisco Jesús
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author2 Ferreiro Seoane, Francisco Jesús
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agribusiness
Innovation
Barriers
Innovation policies
Industria agroalimentaria
Innovación
Barreras
Políticas de innovación
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
topic Agribusiness
Innovation
Barriers
Innovation policies
Industria agroalimentaria
Innovación
Barreras
Políticas de innovación
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
description The purpose of this paper is to analyse the barriers perceived by agribusiness companies in Extremadura; how these barriers influence their disposition to innovate and the type of public actions demanded by these companies in order to boost innovation. Data comes from an ad hoc survey conducted in 2013. The methodology used combines descriptive analysis with factor analysis and econometric analysis. Main results show that high costs and risks, lack of human resources and difficulties of appropriability are the barriers that reduce the probability to innovate, and that there are important differences among the perceived factors of obstacles and demands of public actions. This can be a reference to develop government policies specifically geared towards boosting innovation in this kind of industry.
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