The food industry is one of the low technology sectors. This does not change the fact that it has the largest share of industrial production in Poland. This in turn follows from the fact that the national economy consists for the largest part of low technology production which is typical for...

The purpose of this study was to present changes in the food industry in the countries of the European Union in the years of economic crisis, 2007-2011. On the basis of the data from the European Commission web pages and from the bulletin “Data & trends of the European Food and Drink...

Innovations may determine the development of Polish food processing industry in the future. Each enterprise, in order to develop successfully and effectively, needs innovation, i.e. new products, new technology processes, new organizational systems and marketing changes. So, the paper presents...

Product innovations are a powerful instrument for gaining a competitive advantage that determine the growth of company’s market share. Howeever the majority of Polish food industry companies show a low activity in this area, which can result in losing their competitiveness in local and global...

In the article some attempts to separate factors for the development of food industry enterprises in Poland were made. Of the seven groups of factors the most important items were selected by using the method of KFS and STEEPVL. The classification was connected with importance and uncertainty....

The problem of evaluation of Polish food processing industry in the light of general economic tendencies in period 2006-2010 was undertaken in the article. The main part presents an assessment of the financial crisis impact in the analyzed period. The findings are based on an analysis of changes...

The paper presents an analysis of innovativeness in Polish food processing industry enterprises before and after the Polish integration into the European Union. Data published by the Central Statistical Office were used. The analysis proved that the integration into the European Union and the...

The food industry is, according to the International Classification of Production in OECD countries, one of the low technology sectors. The present study has confirmed that there was a positive and significant correlation between the economic situation and the innovation activity in this...

In the article some chosen aspects of multirateral exchange of agriculture products were presented. There were presented statistical data concerning status and changes in polish import/export. Also the results of brainstorming as a first step for the STEEPVL method were presented. It has been...

The article shows the changes in labor productivity that have occurred in the past decade, such as in 2000-2010, in the Polish food industry and its various sectors, measured value of sold production per employee. Improving the labour productivity was a common phenomenon and affect all sectors...