From innovation point of view the agri-food industry is seen as matured branch of the economy, where revolutionary new …, universities, research organisations and government agencies. Adopting an effective innovation process to successfully introduce … and develop new products to the market has become one of the most important strategies for food companies. The innovation …

Value creation is the result of the continuous innovation activity of the entrepreneur, which is carried out mainly in … form of open innovation among the agri-food SMEs. However value creation is not the ultimate goal of the enterprises. They … are more interested in increased appropriation of the created value. Although the value creation (innovation) is very well …

Nowadays, innovation is a crucial element of business development. The globalisation and new technological advances … have forced many companies to invest more in innovation, in order to stay competitive in a fast-paced economy. A big … difference is observed in the innovation performance of the European Union member states. Based on the European Innovation …

about 6% of the country’s exports (EUGO, 2016). On the other hand, the innovation activities of the Hungarian food industry … procurement procedures which steps would require further substantial innovation and investment activities (Steffen W. Stephan …, 2008). Central-European countries in general, and Hungary in particular have both a low level of innovation policies and …

In the food sector, open innovation has become of particular interest. This paper considers open innovation search … strategies in the food and beverages industry and examines the probability of using different innovation sources with respect to … the type of innovation. Although the information search for new ideas, tools and solutions in the innovation process …