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标题：Technological Innovation – A Route Towards Sustainability in the Irish Food Industry
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作者：Kavanagh, Grainne ; Henchion, Maeve M. ; McCarthy, Mary 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2012
页码：35-49
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
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 (SMEs).