Realising Future Internet Potentials for Food Chain SMEs: A Hierarchy of Needs

Harald Sundmaeker

International Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2014, vol. 04, issue 4, 10

Abstract: The EC funded FI-PPP programme is currently elaborating a large set of enabling technologies that shall help to overcome challenges towards a sustainable networked society of tomorrow. This up-front investment can highly facilitate access to such Internet potentials by food chain SMEs. Nevertheless, SMEs require a systematic support for being able to decide on which technological enablers are relevant at which moment of their business evolution. To characterise a decision reference, a hierarchy of needs of food chain SMEs is presented that can serve as baseline when aiming at the usage of the FI-PPP results in an SME environment.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.164809

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