Innovative gesundheitsförderliche Lebensmittel, sogenannte Functional Food, haben in den letzten Jahren in Deutschland zunehmende Bedeutung gewonnen. Auf der Basis des Struktur-Verhalten-Ergebnis-Ansatzes wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit für den Zeitraum 1995 bis 1999 empirisch der Einfluss der...

This article deals with the innovation system in Germany at the borderline of food, nutrition and health. After an overview over existing concepts to analyse innovations in system theory, the major factors (technologies, economic competence, institutional infrastructure, development block) are...

Product innovation is a competitive strategy in food industry. Successful product development management is a key determinant of a firm's performance. In recent years functional foods, which are innovative food products that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition, have become...

Functional foods are the fastest growing sector of food industry. The average annual growth rate in functional foods is 7 per cent, whereas the total industry grows at the rate of 1-2 per cent. For the Finnish food industry functional foods represent a strategic area of growth, which can enable...

Fleischersatzprodukte sind auf dem Vormarsch. Wie beeinflusst die Namensgebung von Fleischersatzprodukten deren Akzeptanz? In einer quantitativen Omnibusbefragung werden sechs Produktnamen für Fleischersatzprodukte hinsichtlich der Kaufpräferenz bewertet. Die Befragten werden zu den von ihnen...

This article presents a study about the symbolic significance of shopping in the organic store. The data are based on autobiographic reports and analyzed using grounded theory. The result is a concept with finding of identity and well-being as the main categories. According to these categories,...

Preferences for food products are usually analysed employing multi-attributive Attitude Measurement, Conjoint Analysis and recently Discrete Choice Modelling approaches. From a theoretical point of view, Choice Modelling based on random utility theory (RUT) outperforms traditional Conjoint...