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The Metadistrict as the Territorial Strategy for Revitalizing the Rural Economy

Conto, Francesco; Fiore, Mariantonietta; La Sala, … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

The purpose of this proposal is to explore a new concept of 'Metadistrict' to be applied in a region of Southern Italy – Apulia - in order to analyze the impact that the activation of a special network between different sector chains and several integrated projects may have for revitalizing...

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The Resilience Approach Contribution to Rural Communities Social Assessment for Social Sustainability-Based Strategies Implementation

Severi, Claudia; Rota, Cosimo; Zanasi, Cesare - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

Evaluating the rural communities social context capacity to manage changes coming from external agents is of paramount importance for effective Social Sustainability strategies identification. A literature survey was carried out on the Resilience approach definition and its application to the...

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Clean Energy Industries and rare Earth Materials: Economic and Financial Issues

Baldi, Lucia; Peri, Massimo; Vandone, Daniela - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

In the last few years Rare Earth Materials (REMs) prices have experienced a strong increase, due to geopolitical policies and sustainability issues. Provided that these materials at risk of supply disruptions are largely employed in the development of new technologies - such as clean energy...

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US Consumers’ Perception of Local and Organic Food: An Analysis Based on Means-End Chain Analysis and Word Association

Haas, Rainer; Sterns, James; Meixner, Oliver - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The market of local and organic food is still a niche market in the USA, despite its strong growth rates. Both offer consumers an alternative to a globalized anonymous food supply chain. Yet local food and organic food seem to be overlapping and to some degree competing food concepts. While the...

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Valuing Information on GM Foods in the Presence of Country-of-Origin Labels

Xie, Jing; Hyeyoung, Kim; House, Lisa - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

Information on production methods (genetic modification or organic production) and locations (country of origin) are commonly found on food package labels. Both pieces of information may be used as a proxy for food safety and quality by consumers. Our study investigates the interactive effects...

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Drivers of Eco-Innovation in the Italian Wine Industry

Muscio, Alessandro; Nardone, Gianluca; Stasi, Antonio - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The importance of eco-innovations for industry has been rising exponentially in recent years. However, even if recent trends show that firms are increasingly committed to eco-innovations, there is little knowledge on why and how companies integrate environmental sustainability into new product...

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Network Competence and Open Innovation Behaviour in the Food Sector: An Empirical Investigation

Lefebvre, Virginie M.; Molnàr, Adrienn; Kühne, Bianka; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

In today business world where knowledge and resources are increasingly spread among organizations, enterprises often develop a wide variety of relationships with other organizations in order to access new technologies, know-how and resources. Increasingly, the use of external resources for...

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The Role of Sensory Profile in the Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Consumers Choice

Cicia, Gianni; Caracciolo, Francesco; Del Giudice, Teresa; … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

sensory profiles promoted by the Extra-virgin olive oil (EVO) is an important element of the Mediterranean diet and a valuable agricultural crop for Southern Europe countries in terms of both farm income and cultivated area. Moreover, given the increased popularity of the Mediterranean diet...

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The Agri-food Competitive Performance in the EU Countries: A Fifteen Years Retrospective

Carraresi, Laura; Banterle, Alessandro - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2013

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the competitive performance of different European countries at sector level in the intra-EU market from 1995 to 2011, comparing food industry and agricultural sector. In particular, we aim to assess the effect of the EU enlargement (first period) and the...

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Sustainability Management in Agribusiness: Challenges, Concepts, Responsibilities and Performance

Friedrich, Nina; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012

growing public pressure on agribusiness firms to implement more sustainable management practices. In this paper we present the … results of an explorative empirical study of sustainability management in German agribusiness firms. The study shows that … agribusiness firms have developed a broad understanding of sustainability management and perceive a multi-facetted spectrum of …

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