Purpose – To investigate why, despite a significant fall in price, robot sales in the UK in 2005 were static with very few sales to small companies. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the latest survey of robot sales in the UK produced by British Automation and Robot Association (BARA),...

The article’s aim is to conduct a comparative cross-section analysis of the innovative behaviour of the German manufacturing industry. The peculiarities of the food industry are tested in a combined analysis based on both input and output indicators. Linear and logistic regressions are used to...

For transition countries, the food industry sector is a key industry in terms of output andemployment shares. As a competitive sector that receives substantial foreign directinvestments (FDI), it plays an important role as an element in the process of integration in theEuropean and world market....