Assessing a Nation’s Competitiveness in Global Food Innovation: Creating a Global Food Innovation Index

Sylvain Charlebois, Amy Hill, Janèle Vezeau, Lydia Hunsberger, Maddy Johnston and Janet Music
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Sylvain Charlebois: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Amy Hill: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Janèle Vezeau: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Lydia Hunsberger: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Maddy Johnston: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
Janet Music: Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada

World, 2022, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-40

Abstract: While food innovation is heavily influenced by the myriad of policies, regulations and other environmental factors within a country, globalization means that food innovation is also a matter of international competitiveness. This benchmarking exercise uses 24 variables to compare the different innovation environments across ten countries: Canada, the US, Mexico, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Australia. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from publicly available sources only to measure each variable and ultimately provide a ranking. Qualitative data was evaluated using thematic coding to establish baseline practices and then compare each country to the baseline. Quantitative data was evaluated by constructing an average to which each country was compared. Countries whose data showed they met the average were awarded two points, and those who performed above or below average were either awarded an additional point or saw a point deducted. A final ranking was established from the scores across all four pillars, and the ranking was weighted to account for lacking data. The final weighted ranking saw the UK rank first, followed by the US, Germany, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, France and finally, Italy in tenth place.

Keywords: food innovation; innovation policy; food innovation index; international food innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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