Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry: Tools for Implementation (Volume 12345) (Advances in Bioethics, Volume 12345) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128037512 ISBN 13: 9780128037515

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry: Tools for Implementation is an indispensable resource for the food industry to introduce innovations in the market, stand out from the competition and satisfy consumer demands. This reference reports the most trend advances of the food science, while providing insights and ideas to overcome limitations for their actual implementation in the industry. Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry: Tools for Implementation fills the gap between strategy developers and technical R&D associates by interpreting the technological adequacy of innovative techniques with the reaction of related consumers. It deals with the interaction of academia and industry, describing innovation and long term R&D strategies to overcome bottlenecks during know-how transfer between these two sectors.

• Reports the development of cooperative networks for the commercialization of new food products
• Includes the concept of open innovation, denoting the particular issues that SMEs are facing during their innovation efforts and suggest respective innovation policies in the agrifood sector
• Discusses the challenges of introducing innovations in traditional food products
• Describes the sustainability problems and restrictions (safety and energy issues) of innovations in food processing and emerging technologies
• Exploits the cutting-edge innovation cases of  food science and their applications in the food industry
• Addresses the observed problems and provides solutions to meet market and consumers' needs

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Galanakis is a dynamic and interdisciplinary scientist with a fast-expanding work that balances between food and environment, industry and academia. His research targets mainly the separation and recovery of functional macro- and micro-molecules from different food by-products, as well as their implementation as additives in food and other products. He is the research & innovation director of Galanakis Laboratories (Chania, Greece) and the coordinator of Food Waste Recovery Group (SIG5) of ISEKI Food Association (Vienna, Austria). He serves as an editorial board member and subject editor of Food and Bioproducts Processing and Food Research International, whereas he has published dozens research articles, reviews, monographs and conference proceedings. He has edited 4 books entitled "Food Waste Recovery" (Academic Press, 2015), "Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry" (Academic Press, 2016), “Nutraceutical and Functional Food Components (Academic Press, 2017) and “Olive Mill Waste (Academic Press, 2017).

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Review

"This book is organized into four sections which include fifteen chapters. Each section covers a well-defined area concerning different topics. This book is an excellent approach to understand the food sector and its particularities regarding innovation. It is perfect to have a first contact with existing methodologies and how they are and can be used. And specially, this book is a very good start point for keeping on research, transfer of knowledge and innovation development to ensure a more sustainable industry which is able to maintain quality of products and match the needs of markets and consumers." --Natascha Wahlberg Macías, Project Management at AccionMK

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0128037512
• ISBN 13: 9780128037515
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Galanakis Charis M.