Enhancing the Innovativeness of Food SMEs through the Management of Strategic Network Behavior and Network Learning Performance

Abstract

The European project NetGrow stands for Enhancing the innovativeness of food SMEs through the management of strategic network behavior and network learning performance. It is a FP7 Cooperation project in the theme Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology with an EC contribution of 3M €. The project has a duration of 4 years and will be finished in April 2014. The project coordinator is Prof. dr. Xavier Gellynck from Ghent University, Belgium. The aim of Netgrow is to enhance network learning leading to increased innovation, economic growth andsustainable competitive advantage for food small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Keywords

• networks
• innovation
• learning