The Nature and Extent of Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing Industry [electronic Resource]

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The Nature and Extent of Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing Industry xi Executive summary This report, which is based on the 2004 Innovation in Food Processing Industry Survey, provides an analysis of innovation in the food processing industry with a view to further understand the innovation process and to provide benchmark information for future comparisons about the nature and extent of [...] The Innovation in Food Processing Survey was conducted by Statistics Canada in 2004 on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) with the main purpose of collecting statistical information on the nature and extent of creative innovation in the Canadian food processing industry. [...] The specific objectives of this report are: • To assess the nature and extent of product and process innovations in the Canadian food processing industry; • To investigate the nature and level of research and development (R&D) activities in the Cana- dian food processing industry; • To evaluate the obstacles to innovation in the food processing industry; • To determine the extent of collaboration [...] The degree and level of R&D is discussed in Section 6. The extent and nature of innovation in the food processing industry is assessed in Section 7. Obstacles to innovation in the industry are examined in Section 8. Section 9 addresses collaboration in innovation while gov- ernment support activities for R&D and innovation are discussed in Section 10. [...] The Nature and Extent of Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing Industry Section 2Background of the Canadian food processing industry Innovation is just one of the many strategies adopted by businesses to gain a competitive edge.

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