Purpose

The study aims to analyse patterns of innovation adoption among Italian female-owned farms, by evaluating the impact of innovation support services and entrepreneurial orientation on innovation adoption.

Design/methodology/approach

To explore both the entrepreneurial identity of women farmers and the role of innovation support services in boosting innovation, a questionnaire was administered to a sample of Italian women farmers. A multivariate analysis lets to classify the farms under the previous two perspectives.

Findings

The analysis reveals various patterns of innovation adoption, heavily depending on both the effectiveness of innovation support services and farmers' entrepreneurial orientation.

Research limitations/implications

The research analyses a sample of women farmers to excavate worlds of innovation among female-owned farms. Cross-gender comparisons can offer a more complete picture of the ways gender catalyses innovation adoption.

Practical implications

At a policy level, the results of our empirical analysis point out the need for gendering innovation analysis and for tailoring policy interventions to the different worlds of innovation that exist in rural Italy.

Social implications

The paper confirms the importance of deepening research on gender issues, with the purpose of fulfilling gender mainstreaming underlined in numerous policy documents at both the European and international levels.

Originality/value

The analysis represents a first attempt to join both the entrepreneurial identity of women farmers and the role of innovation support services in boosting innovation. Therefore, the paper fills a gap in the literature.

中文翻译：

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女农民的知识转移和创新采用

目的

该研究旨在通过评估创新支持服务和创业方向对创新采用的影响，分析意大利女性拥有的农场中创新采用的模式。

设计/方法/方法

为了探讨女农民的企业家身份和创新支持服务在促进创新中的作用，对意大利女农民的样本进行了问卷调查。多元分析可以根据前两个角度对农场进行分类。

发现

分析揭示了创新采用的各种模式，这在很大程度上取决于创新支持服务的有效性和农民的创业取向。

研究局限/意义

该研究分析了一个女性农民样本，以发掘女性拥有的农场中的创新世界。跨性别比较可以更全面地了解性别促进创新采用的方式。

实际影响

在政策层面，我们的实证分析结果表明，有必要对创新进行性别分析，并针对意大利农村存在的不同创新领域量身定制政策干预措施。

社会影响

该文件确认了深化性别问题研究的重要性，其目的是实现欧洲和国际层面众多政策文件中强调的性别主流化。

创意/价值

该分析是首次尝试结合女农民的企业家身份和创新支持服务在促进创新中的作用。因此，本文填补了文献中的空白。