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标题：Technological Innovation – A Route Towards Sustainability
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作者：Gráinne Kavanagh ; Maeve Henchion ; Mary McCarthy 等
期刊名称：International Journal on Food System Dynamics
印刷版ISSN：1869-6945
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：35-49
语种：English
出版社：CentMA
摘要：The sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is constantly challenged on today’s dynamic operating environment. Evolving regulatory trends, difficult economic conditions, and diminishing natural resources, pose serious questions for all players across the food system. Technological innovation, as a means of ensuring future sustainability in the same in the face of such challenges, has been the focus of significant government investment in Ireland. This paper, aims to facilitate a greater understanding of the motivations and barriers influencing the decision by food SMEs to invest in technological innovation emanating from research conducted in publicly ‐ funded research institutes.
关键词：Food industry;Absorptive capacity;Innovation;Small and medium‐sized enterprises;SME