Relationships with Suppliers and Innovation Activity in Food Industry in Poland
Abstract
The food industry is one of the traditional areas of management, the so-called low-tech. For this reason, technological and spatial proximity may be the key to create new solutions in the Polish food industry. The main objective of the study was an attempt to seek influence of relationships with suppliers on innovation activities of enterprises in the food industry in Poland. As a consequence, this would allow to determine the boundary conditions for the model structure of innovation networks within producers of food and beverages, with special reference to the Polish economy. The study was conducted on a group of 631 companies food industry companies located in Poland. Methodical part of the analysis was based on probit regression (probability theory).
Keywords
Agricultural production; Innovative character; Arable farm; Food industry
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Uniwersytet Zielonogórski Poland
Uniwersytet Szczeciński Poland
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