Innovative Practices in Wine Industry: Opportunities for Competitiveness Enhancement in Bulgaria

Angelova, Mina; Pastarmadzhieva, Daniela; Dimitrova, Gergana; Georgiev, Penyo

doi:10.1109/crebus.2019.8840046

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“…This higher value may be, however, associated with customary uses taking place during the wintertime in this country [ 67 ]. Recently, and more in agreement with a low percentage of participants achieving wine drinking targets, wine consumption in BG was reported to have declined [ 68 ].…”

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Persistent Moderate-to-Weak Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Low Scoring for Plant-Based Foods across Several Southern European Countries: Are We Overlooking the Mediterranean Diet Recommendations?

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The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been sponsored worldwide as a healthy and sustainable diet. Our aim was to update and compare MD adherence and food choices across several Southern European countries: Spain (SP), Portugal (PT), Italy (IT), Greece (GR), and Cyprus (CY) (MED, Mediterranean), and Bulgaria (BG) and the Republic of North Macedonia (NMK) (non-MED, non-Mediterranean). Participants (N = 3145, ≥18 y) completed a survey (MeDiWeB) with sociodemographic, anthropometric, and food questions (14-item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener, 14-MEDAS). The MED and non-MED populations showed moderate (7.08 ± 1.96) and weak (5.58 ± 1.82) MD adherence, respectively, with significant yet small differences across countries (SP > PT > GR > IT > CY > BG > NMK, p-value < 0.001). The MED participants scored higher than the non-MED ones for most of the Mediterranean-typical foods, with the greatest differences found for olive oil (OO) and white meat preference. In most countries, ≥70% of the participants reported quantities of red meat, butter, sweet drinks, and desserts below the recommended cutoff points, whereas <50% achieved the targets for plant-based foods, OO, fish, and wine. Being a woman and increasing age were associated with superior adherence (p-value < 0.001), but differences were rather small. Our results suggest that the campaigns carried out to support and reinforce the MD and to promote plant-based foods have limited success across Southern Europe, and that more hard-hitting strategies are needed.

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Persistent Moderate-to-Weak Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Low Scoring for Plant-Based Foods across Several Southern European Countries: Are We Overlooking the Mediterranean Diet Recommendations?

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“…The innovations are object of number of studies and their relevance for the competitiveness of a company is inevitable [1]. Recent years the number of studies which investigate the importance of implementing an innovation strategy increases.…”

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Strategies for Implementation of Innovation by Wine Producers in Bulgaria: An Empirical Evidence

Angelova

Pastarmadzhieva

2021

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The innovation strategy is essential for the effective implementation of innovations for various reasons. Thus, the aim of the current study is to identify the level of implementation of innovation strategies among Bulgarian wine producers, and to identify an association between various factors and the intention to implement innovation strategies. The object of the research is Bulgarian SMEs wine producers. The focus is their activity, regarding the innovation strategy of their company. The results show that several associations can be identified as regards some of the characteristics of the SMEs.

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“…The need for strategic differentiation, greatly related to increasing the Bulgarian wine producers' innovation activity, is evident [3,4]. A possible direction for their competitive positioning in a highly competitive environment would be to highlight them through their leading strengths (competitive advantages) and overcoming the major weaknesses of the sector.…”

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Competitive Advantages of the Bulgarian Wine Sector

Dimitrova

2021

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The wine industry is traditional sector in the Bulgarian economy. However, at the end of the XX century it faced various challenges. Later, it has started to restore and has developed in number of areas. Nowadays it has new characteristics, based on its strengths and weaknesses. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to identify the competitive advantages of the wine sector in Bulgaria. The object of the research are Bulgarian wine producers, who are small and middle size enterprises (SMEs). The focus of the study is a selection of indicators, which contribute for the identification of their competitive advantages. The data used is of own survey, performed among Bulgarian wine producers. The results show that the main advantages are targeted at qualitative wines from authentic local sorts. This justifies the obligatory direction for differentiation and validation of the Bulgarian wine producers by promoting the wines of local varieties and establishing the identity of the wine regions.

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Innovative Practices in Wine Industry: Opportunities for Competitiveness Enhancement in Bulgaria

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Persistent Moderate-to-Weak Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Low Scoring for Plant-Based Foods across Several Southern European Countries: Are We Overlooking the Mediterranean Diet Recommendations?

Persistent Moderate-to-Weak Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Low Scoring for Plant-Based Foods across Several Southern European Countries: Are We Overlooking the Mediterranean Diet Recommendations?

Strategies for Implementation of Innovation by Wine Producers in Bulgaria: An Empirical Evidence

Competitive Advantages of the Bulgarian Wine Sector

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