Innovation diffusion and adoption of innovations in agriculture and agri-food firms - A systematic mapping and conceptualization of the research

SND-ID: SND 1133

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Fredrik Fernqvist - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology orcid

Lisa Blix Germundsson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Annie Drottberger - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Sara Spendrup - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Description

The aim of this study is firstly to systematically explore, analyse, report on and synthesise the scientific studies on the topic of diffusion and adoption of innovations from the agri-food firms’ perspective, and secondly, to frame the results in a conceptual overview comprising key elements in the research over the period.
The specific objectives are
1. to determine variables important in the diffusion and adoption of innovations from the agri-food firms’ perspective,
2. based on the results, to suggest development and improvements of capabilities in the supporting knowledge systems, in order to increase the sectors’ adoption of innovations
3. to discuss the implications for research.
The study is based on systematic mapping of the literature (academic papers published in scientific journals) in the period 1997-2017. In total, abstracts for 202 papers were included in the mapping and analysed with an exploratory analytical approach. A delimitation of the study is to cover research in OECD-countries. Nine broad categories of key elements studied have been derived from the mapping: 1)

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Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Responsible department/unit

Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Funding

  • Funding agency: Formas, Nationella forskningsprogrammet för livsmedel
  • Funding agency's reference number: Formas Dnr. 2017-02019
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Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Scientific journal papers

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Sampling procedure

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A systematic mapping of the literature has been made. initially 41,551 items were retrieved from the data bases Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus and CABI. Through a systematic screening process, duplicates and papers deemed irrelevant have been excluded from the mapping, first based on titles and thereafter based on full abstracts. A total of 202 papers were finally included in the mapping.

Time period(s) investigated

1997-01-01 – 2017-12-31

Geographic coverage
Topic and keywords

Research area

Economic conditions and indicators, Agriculture and rural industry (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Agricultural and Veterinary sciences, Economics and Business (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

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Innovation diffusion and adoption of innovations in agriculture and agri-food firms - A systematic mapping and conceptualization of the research

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All the mapped items have received a reference number, which is used in both the meta-tables of categorised keywords and the adhered excel spread sheet (data file). The data file shows the list of items included in the mapping and items removed in the later stages of the screening process.
The data contains of:
Meta-Table with categorised keywords
Excel sheet with extracted information
Notes on procedure (the procedure of the mapping process and analysis)

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Citation

Fredrik Fernqvist, Lisa Blix Germundsson, Annie Drottberger, Sara Spendrup. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2019). Innovation diffusion and adoption of innovations in agriculture and agri-food firms - A systematic mapping and conceptualization of the research. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/wyaf-j958

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Fredrik Fernqvist - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology orcid

Lisa Blix Germundsson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Annie Drottberger - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Sara Spendrup - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology

Time period(s) investigated

1997-01-01 – 2017-12-31

Number of individuals/objects

202

Published: 2019-12-17
Last updated: 2021-04-30