scholarly journals Is The Food Industry Taking A Proactive Stance On Environmental Issues? Results From An Empirical Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria del Val Segarra-Ona ◽  
Luis Miret-Pastor ◽  
Angel Peiro-Signes
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Industrial Sales

Food industry is the largest industrial sector in both, the EU and the U.S., feature that persists in Spain where it accounts for 17% of total industrial sales, 7% of GDP, and employs over 500,000 people. However, different analysis warn about the loss of competitiveness that this sector can suffer in the next years. In a global economy in which Europe has lost a great part of its price advantage, innovation and, going beyond this term, eco-innovation, is one of the resources that can maintain or increase competitiveness. The aim of the present paper is to make a contribution, trying to understand the role of proactive environmental management tools and incremental organizational eco-innovation in creating value in the Spanish food sector by means of an analysis of the effects of the ISO 14001. We analize the whole industry segmented by size using quantitative methods. The data analysed in this research seem to be in agreement with other studies. Results show that firms with proactive practices exhibited a significantly positive economic performance at the industry analized.

Nanotechnology in the Food Industry

2015 ◽  
pp. 218-239
Author(s):  
Shabir Ahmad Mir ◽  
Manzoor Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Food Stability

This chapter addresses the potential application of nanotechnology in various areas of the food industry. Nanotechnology is having an impact on several aspects of the food industry, from product development to packaging processes. Nanotechnology is capable of solving the very complex set of engineering and scientific challenges in the food processing industries. This chapter focuses on exploring the role of nanotechnology in enhancing food stability at the various stages of processing. Research has highlighted the prospective role of nanotechnology use in the food sector, including nanoencapsulation, nanopackaging, nanoemulsions, nanonutraceuticals, and nanoadditives. Industries are developing nanomaterials that will make a difference not only in the taste of food but also in food safety and the health benefits that food delivers. While proposed applications of nanotechnologies are wide and varied, developments are met with some caution as progress may be stifled by lack of governance and potential risks.

Nanotechnology in the Food Industry

2017 ◽  
pp. 1165-1181
Author(s):  
Shabir Ahmad Mir ◽  
Manzoor Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Food Stability

This chapter addresses the potential application of nanotechnology in various areas of the food industry. Nanotechnology is having an impact on several aspects of the food industry, from product development to packaging processes. Nanotechnology is capable of solving the very complex set of engineering and scientific challenges in the food processing industries. This chapter focuses on exploring the role of nanotechnology in enhancing food stability at the various stages of processing. Research has highlighted the prospective role of nanotechnology use in the food sector, including nanoencapsulation, nanopackaging, nanoemulsions, nanonutraceuticals, and nanoadditives. Industries are developing nanomaterials that will make a difference not only in the taste of food but also in food safety and the health benefits that food delivers. While proposed applications of nanotechnologies are wide and varied, developments are met with some caution as progress may be stifled by lack of governance and potential risks.

PROSPECTS FOR THE GROWTH OF INNOVATIVENESS OF PODLASKIE COMPANIES FROM THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR

2018 ◽  
Vol XIX (6) ◽  
pp. 165-169
Author(s):  
Adam Miara
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
New Products ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Innovation Implementation ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Original Analysis ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
Traditional Competition ◽  
Very High

Economic development based on traditional competition can no longer be the basis of market success. In the age of globalization of the global economy, to be competitive companies have to offer something more, which will cause them to be noticed. These are the innovations that determine the direction of development. The pace and scope of innovation implementation determines the competitive advantage of companies as they play a key role in introducing new products to the market, ie meeting the needs, requirements and expectations of customers.The guiding objective of this article is to present to the scale of the planned implementation of innovation and their sources of funding for the food industry Podlaskie. The analysis was based on the research literature and original. Analysis of the material contained in the article leads to the conclusion that the growth prospects of agri-food enterprises in Podlaskie Voivodship are very high.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A FORM OF MARKETING STRATEGIES, INFLUENCE ON MARKET SHARE

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 4744-4757
Author(s):  
Dr. Mashari, J. Almotawteh
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Sales Managers ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Internal Operations

The development witnessed by the world and the changes in the global economy imposed on organizations to adopt environmental responsibility. Therefore, major international organizations seek to develop strategic plans to preserve the environment and reduce the use of polluting resources which led to increasing its profitability, increasing its market share and maximizing its relationship with its competitors and customers. Current study aimed at examining the role of environmental responsibility on increasing organizational market share within four main variables which are (internal operations, values, environmental policies and management awareness). A questionnaire was adopted in order to gather data from a sample of (321) marketing and sales managers within industrial sector in Kuwait. Utilizing descriptive statistics, linear regression and multiple regression through SPSS; results of study accepted the main hypothesis and expressed the ability to environmental responsibility to boost market share. In addition to that, it appeared that among chosen variables internal operations seemed to have the highest influence in terms of decreasing production costs and giving the chance for organizations to increase quality and lower prices in order to attract more customers, meet competitors thus get a higher market share. Study recommended that expecting a higher market share is not unlimited; rather it is dependent on many monopoly laws, so organizations must adopt the foundations for increasing market share in a logical and thoughtful way.

Asymmetric forks: dilemmas, paradoxes and moral imagination in food sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 1693-1703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damiano Cortese ◽  
Alex Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Managerial Implications

PurposeThe paper suggests moral imagination as an approach to picture sustainable scenarios in the food industry, which are based on knowledge sharing among stakeholders and knowledge management. This can lead to a wider awareness, consequently a deeper understanding and finally more sustainable behaviors and choices in the food sector.Design/methodology/approachThe research paper analyzes the relevant literature on sustainability, stakeholder theory, knowledge management and moral imagination. It proposes a moral imagination process and provides some cases to clarify its applicability.FindingsInter-stakeholder shared knowledge and consequent knowledge management can lead to the projection of more aware sustainable scenarios over time, overcoming a short-sighted or partial vision. The process of moral imagination can be an approach and tool for coping with sustainability-related critical issues, challenges and dilemmas in the food sector.Research limitations/implicationsThe article is a research paper, but the suggested process of moral imagination intends to provoke further reasoning and contributions to moral imagination and the stakeholders' role, responsibility and awareness related to sustainability in the food industry.Practical implicationsEven if theoretical, the paper can have well replicable managerial implications and applications in the design of sustainable scenarios in the food sector overcoming the asymmetries and bias. In particular, it is very useful conceiving the choices and outlining the behaviors upon which the firm's actions are based.Originality/valueThe article considers the broad spectrum of sustainability and its wide global reflection as well as the role of all stakeholders without a solely strategic focus and implications.

scholarly journals Motives, Barriers, and Expected Benefits of ISO 14001 in the Agri-Food Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1724
Author(s):  
Rocio Carrillo-Labella ◽  
Fatiha Fort ◽  
Manuel Parras-Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
Expected Benefits

Over time, sustainability has gained a greater presence in companies and with consumers around the world, although it can be said that there is still some confusion in its conceptualization and in the identification of the driving factors. A part of the literature considers that environmental management systems (EMS) such as ISO 14001 are facilitating factors that allow organizational remodeling towards more sustainable production. For a better understanding, this paper presents a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews to analyze the perceptions that managers, employees, and quality managers have about the concept of sustainability and, given that environmental management systems are considered as motivational factors, it also analyzes the perceptions they have about the motivations, barriers, and expected benefits of their adoption in the olive food industry in southern Spain. It is possible to point out the existence of some confusion about the concept of sustainability, and that both regulatory and market factors such as image and reputation improvement, differentiation, and sales increases, especially in exports, are considered to be motivational for their implementation. This work contributes to the literature on sustainability and environmental management systems in sectors of activity with high environmental involvement, such as the agri-food industry.

An overview of environmental management in the Spanish food sector: a survey study

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Ormazabal ◽  
Elisabeth Viles ◽  
Javier Santos ◽  
Carmen Jaca
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Probabilistic Sampling ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Status

Purpose Environmental management (EM) is becoming increasingly important in all types of organizations. The food industry represents the top industrial sector of the Spanish economy; however, there is still little knowledge about how it is managed environmentally. The purpose of this paper is to present a descriptive analysis of the Spanish food sector. Design/methodology/approach This study undertook a descriptive analysis based on probabilistic sampling surveys from food companies in Spain. The survey was sent out to 900 companies obtaining 128 answers. Findings The results of this study show that companies with an EM standard tend to have a more developed system and a greater presence of EM tools and actions. Moreover, statistical differences were identified among the characteristics of companies and various factors that affect the evolution of their EM. Originality/value There are no studies that reveal a clear picture of the status of EM in the Spanish food industry. This study presents a clear starting point that might help policy makers, consultants, researchers and other parties to set new improvement routes so companies do not get stuck in their progress toward environmental excellence.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SMART SPECIALISATION IN IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE FOOD SECTOR IN POLAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 997-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Szwacka ◽  
Adam Miara
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Financial Framework ◽  
Company Growth

Company growth depends on competitiveness and innovation, which are largely contingent on the scale and scope of research and development undertaken. In the new EU financial framework for 2014-2020, R&D funding is contingent on compliance with research planned with regional smart specialisations. The article reviews the literature on factors in competitiveness, as well as the importance of smart specialisation in shaping the development of the food sector in Poland. The main objective of the article is to present the role and importance of smart specialisation for companies in the food industry seeking to build a competitive position.

Influencing factors of digital transformation: management or IT is the driving force?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ko ◽  
Péter Fehér ◽  
Tibor Kovacs ◽  
Ariel Mitev ◽  
Zoltán Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
It Departments ◽  
Role Of It

Purpose This research aims to discuss the success of digital transformation focusing on the role of IT and management commitment in digitalization together with sectorial relevance as influencing factors. According to the literature, these dimensions are key elements of digitalization, and there is no consensus on their decisiveness. The authors measure the success of digital transformation with the digital innovation. The research is part of ongoing work, in which the IT-related practice of Hungarian organizations has been explored on an annual basis since 2009. Design/methodology/approach The research methodology is a combined one; both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied including surveying digital transformation literature, interviews with key representatives of Hungarian organizations, developing a survey to collect quantitative data, data collection and processing with PLS-SEM. Findings The results revealed that the digital innovations are strongly determined by business, management commitment and, to a far lesser extent, by strategy. In the case of digital transformation, the role of IT departments and the services they provide are less relevant. Research limitations/implications The most important limitation of the research is the size and composition of the sample. Results do not present the situation of a specific industrial sector. Originality/value Digital technologies influence and disrupt practically every industry; the development of information and communication technology has changed economies all over the world. Decisive factors of digital transformations are widely researched, but there is no consensus about them. This research contributes to understanding the role of IT department and their services in this process together with leadership, sectorial relevance as influencing factors.

scholarly journals ROLE OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN FAST FOOD INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-35
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Consumer Psychology ◽  
Price Fairness ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Fast Food Industry ◽  
Pricing Policy ◽  
A Company

This study examines the behavior of consumer in fast food industry. The customer psychology strongly effected from other customer’s word of mouth, review’s and pricing policy of a company. In this study, we examine the consumer psychology with three factors (referent price, referent deservingness and fair pricing). The three factors become a cause to reduce the anger of consumer and due to this customer satisfy from the operations of fast food industry. We distribute more than 300 questionnaire for analyze our research hypothesis. After analyze we conclude that referent price does not impact on customer anger but it impact on satisfaction of customer. The referent deservingness and price fairness has significant impact on anger of customer and satisfaction of customer. This study provides useful information to fast food sector regarding customer psychology.

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