Innovation and sustainability in agri-food companies: The role of quality

Boccia, Flavio; Covino, Daniela

doi:10.3280/riss2016-001010

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“…The research was carried out in the context of the literature on consumer purchasing behavior in the agro‐food sector (Elkington, ; Irwin, Gopalakrishnan, & Randall, ; Vallaster, ) and of the literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR; Boccia & Covino, ; D'Orazio, ; Evan & Freeman, ; Sierra‐García, Zorio‐Grima, & García‐Benau, ). There are several contributions on the subject of the impact of corporate socially responsible initiatives on consumer purchasing choices.…”

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Consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility: An evaluation by a choice experiment

Boccia

Manzo²,

Covino³

2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The relationship between corporate social responsibility and consumer's behavior is more and more strong today: so it influences management of ethical and social effects of companies. The aim of the study is to investigate to what extent the socially responsible behaviors of companies influence consumer purchasing decisions and, moreover, the possible willingness to pay higher prices for good practice products.A choice experiment was conducted in Italy for this purpose on ready-made foods, where socially responsible initiatives of companies are compared with four levels of price and the presence or absence of a known brand. The analysis shows a positive relationship between socially responsible initiatives of companies and attitudes of consumers towards them and their products. However, by investigation, only few people adopt corporate social responsibility as choice criterion for purchases still, because traditional purchasing criteria continue to prevail, in particular the price.The conclusions are also a matter for thought for further discussion.

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Consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility: An evaluation by a choice experiment

Boccia

Manzo²,

Covino³

2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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“…In the food sector, innovation is a strategic key to meeting targets and reaching goals [39][40][41]. It may be incremental or radical, whereby incremental would imply wider coverage, whereas consumers tend to maintain their habits regarding food [42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. A part of food innovation is tradition, a strategic key to changing what the food sector offers [49][50][51] to increase the value of specific foods and foodstuffs [52][53][54][55][56][57].…”

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Eating Hamburgers Slowly and Sustainably: The Fast Food Market in North-West Italy

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The Italian food movement shows some peculiarities of meeting consumer demand in the foodservice subsector where innovation is considered strategic to meet targets and reach goals. A particular kind of innovation is the return to tradition by enhancement of the territory, e.g., reinstating local recipes and local gastronomy or high-quality local raw materials. Some entrepreneurs are redefining the fast-food service, providing foodstuffs through a short supply chain. The aim of this paper is to identify the different hamburger foodservices operating in North-West Italy and address their diverse peculiarities. A sample of 11 hamburger restaurants was identified, a mystery shopping analysis was implemented to collect information on the foodservice phenomenon, and a Business Model Canvas was carried out to compare different foodservices. The results consider two different hamburger foodservices, i.e., International Hamburger Foodservice (IHF) and Local Hamburger Foodservice (LHF), the former concentrating mainly on customer service, human resource management, and operations management, and the latter focussing on high product quality in terms of materials and psychology, plus selection of local raw materials and ingredients, supporting the local economy and businesses. Moreover, the findings provide some information on the interaction between selected Hamburger Foodservices and related supply chains, highlighting the consumer transition toward meals of high quality standards in terms of raw materials and ingredients.

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“…In this sector, innovation is considered a strategic problem solving tool to meet targets and is divided into incremental and radical, where incremental is more popular because the customer tends to maintain set food habits (Rama, 1996;Traill and Meulenberg, 2002;Capitanio et al, 2009;Jakki et al, 2010;Dadura and Lee, 2011;Arcese et al, 2015;Contò et al, 2015;Boccia and Covino, 2016). At the same time, tradition is a strategic key so the food sector can change its future (DeSoucey, 2010;Tosato, 2013;Klaus and Aachmann, 2015;Bonadonna et al, 2017) aimed at increasing value e.g.…”

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Street food and innovation: the food truck phenomenon

Alfiero

Giudice

Bonadonna

2017

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Innovation and sustainability in agri-food companies: The role of quality

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility: An evaluation by a choice experiment

Consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility: An evaluation by a choice experiment

Eating Hamburgers Slowly and Sustainably: The Fast Food Market in North-West Italy

Street food and innovation: the food truck phenomenon

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