Research on the Relationship between Innovation and Growth of Food Manufactures in Developing Country: Evidence from the Listed Company in China

摘要

Although innovation is considered as the critical factor to improve economic performance for food firms, the empirical evidence from developing countries is still scarce. To fill the gap, this study takes advantage of linear regression method to conduct empirical analysis of 62 food manufactures from Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange of China over the period 2013-2014. The results show that R&D spending has a positive effect on the performance of food enterprises. However, the scale-effect is more important than R&D spending for food industry in the context of China. These results enrich current understanding of innovation in the food industry and give practical implications to policy makers and firms to guide their R&D activities.