Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded public actions

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the barriers perceived by agribusiness companies in Extremadura; how these barriers influence their disposition to innovate and the type of public actions demanded by these companies in order to boost innovation. Data comes from an ad hoc survey conducted in 2013. The methodology used combines descriptive analysis with factor analysis and econometric analysis. Main results show that high costs and risks, lack of human resources and difficulties of appropriability are the barriers that reduce the probability to innovate, and that there are important differences among the perceived factors of obstacles and demands of public actions. This can be a reference to develop government policies specifically geared towards boosting innovation in this kind of industry
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las barreras percibidas por las empresas agroalimentarias en Extremadura; cómo estas barreras influyen en su disposición a innovar y el tipo de acciones públicas que demandan estas empresas para impulsar la innovación. Los datos provienen de una encuesta ad hoc realizada en 2013. La metodología utilizada combina el análisis descriptivo con el análisis factorial y econométrico. Los principales resultados muestran que los costes y riesgos elevados, la falta de recursos humanos y las dificultades de apropiabilidad son las barreras que reducen la probabilidad de innovar, y que existen diferencias importantes entre los factores de obstáculos percibidos y las demandas de las acciones públicas. Esto puede ser una referencia para desarrollar políticas gubernamentales orientadas específicamente a impulsar la innovación en este tipo de industria

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Corchuelo, B., & Ferreiro, F. (2019). Agri-food industry in Extremadura: obstacles to innovation, willingness to innovate, and demanded public actions. Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2019/3 (45), 181-199

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support received from the Junta of Extremadura and European Regional Development Fund under the Project IB18040, and under Support to Research Groups GR18058

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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee: Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research - The Journal of AECR, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, Spain. This article is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial (CC BY NC) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)