TY - BOOK TI - Smart specialisation and the agri-food system: a European perspective AU - Stančová, Kateřina Ciampi AU - Cavicchi, Alessio PY - 2019 PB - Palgrave Macmillan LA - eng KW - Food industry and trade KW - Food KW - Nutrition policy KW - Economic specialization KW - Aliments KW - Politique alimentaire KW - Spécialisation (Économie politique) KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Economic aspects KW - Aspect économique KW - Industries KW - European Union countries KW - Pays de l'Union européenne AB - The book discusses recent innovation and diversification paths in agri-food, specifically the linkages among food research and innovation, production, consumption, gastronomy, and place branding as well as technology. It also focuses on EU policies and instruments in support of R & I activities in agri-food, and explores agri-food domains within the context of smart specialisation. Katerina Ciampi Stancova is Scientific Officer at the European Commission, DG JRC in Sevilla, Spain. Her research agenda revolves around cross-sectoral topics such as R & I, smart specialisation, innovation in agri-food, collaboration in quadruple helix, mutual learning, transnational and transregional cooperation, as well as social innovation. Alessio Cavicchi is Associate Professor in Agribusiness at University of Macerata, Italy. His main fields of interest and research are consumer food choice, economics of food quality and safety, and innovation and sustainability in agribusiness and tourism. He has served as an agri-food expert for several DGs of the European Commission, and he is the coordinator of two EU Erasmus+ funded projects: "The Wine Lab" and "FoodBiz." UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1876127 SN - 9783319915005 SN - 3319915002 SN - 9783319914992 DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-91500-5 T2 - Palgrave pivot UR - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/ebsco-1876127 H1 - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft) ER -