British Food Journal: Volume 124 Issue 6

Guest editorial: Open innovation in the food industry: what we know, what we don’t know, what we need to know

Marina Dabic, Carsten Nico Hjortsø, Giacomo Marzi, Božidar Vlačić

Setting the conditions for open innovation in the food industry: unravelling the human dimension of open innovation

Rocco Palumbo, Mohammad Fakhar Manesh, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini, Giulia Flamini

The human dimension of open innovation is paramount for organisational excellence. However, there is scant evidence of the implications of human resource management practices on…

Exploring the food value chain using open innovation: a bibliometric review of the literature

Avni Misra, Anne-Laure Mention

This paper reviews the literature, foundational works and current trends related to the adoption of open innovation (OI) practices in the food industry, with a particular focus on…

Digital technologies, sustainable open innovation and shared value creation: evidence from an Italian agritech business

Riccardo Rialti, Anna Marrucci, Lamberto Zollo, Cristiano Ciappei

The aim of this research was to explore the mechanisms underpinning open innovation (OI) success and its sustainability in agrifood businesses. First, the authors explored the…

A smart web of firms, farms and internet of things (IOT): enabling collaboration-based business models in the agri-food industry

Maral Mahdad, Mustafa Hasanov, Gohar Isakhanyan, Wilfred Dolfsma

All firms' business models are based on their interdependencies with other parties in their ecosystems. The Internet of Things (IoT) is beginning to fundamentally disrupt the…

Open social innovation for surplus food recovery and aid during COVID-19 crisis: the case of Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus

Lara Penco, Andrea Ciacci, Clara Benevolo, Teresina Torre

The study analyses the role that open social innovation (OSI) perspective played for Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus (FBAO), a food bank in Italy, in responding to the COVID-19…

A dynamic framework for sustainable open innovation in the food industry

Andrea Venturelli, Andrea Caputo, Simone Pizzi, Giuseppe Valenza

This study aims to take a holistic perspective to investigate how open innovation supports sustainability and the contribution to the Unite Nations (UN) Sustainable Development…

Farm diversification efforts, (open) innovation networks and performance: what is the connection?

Claudia Dias, Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, João J. Ferreira

Based on farm diversification's conventional and unconventional nature, the study intends to discriminate different profiles of farm diversification businesses. Furthermore, this…

Sustainability reporting in food industry: an innovative tool for enhancing financial performance

Amina Buallay

This study investigates the relationship between the level of sustainability reporting and Food Industry Performance (operational, financial and market).

European novel food, patents and brokers of knowledge

Sveinung Grimsby, Magnus Gulbrandsen

The purpose of this paper was to study how public regulation promotes or hinders openness in the food industry, specifically how European novel food regulation has affected…