%A Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald
%A I. Borgen
%T Innovations within the organic food sector ? basis for novel business relations between agricultural and processing enterprises
%X Innovations within the processing sector may stimulate new, and extend and stabilize existing business relations with agricultural enterprises along the market chain. Due to their regional focus, small and medium-sized businesses in organic food production are eminently dependent on collaboration. On the basis of the evaluation of 140 applications for the Innovation Contest, this paper demonstrates how new and sustainable revenues can be built up by entering economic collaborations with innovative businesses of the processing sector. 
%D 2008
%K Innovations within the processing sector may stimulate, extend and stabilize new business relations with agricultural enterprises. Due to their regional focus, medium-sized businesses in organic food production are eminently dependent on collaboration. On the basis of three examples, this paper demonstrates how new and sustainable revenues can be built up by entering economic collaborations with innovative businesses of the processing sector
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