This paper analyzes the nature and determinants of product innovation for food and agribusiness firms in India. The study is based on the World Bank’s Enterprise Survey and the India Innovation Follow-up Survey from 2014. These surveys included 294 Indian food and agribusiness firms operating in different regions of the country. Simple statistical tools, such as chi-square test and logistic regression, are used for analyzing the raw data. It is evident from the analysis that there is a significant difference in the adoption of product innovations across enterprise sizes. Product innovation is more prominent in large enterprises than small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Results of regression analysis indicate that product innovation in SMEs is more likely to be influenced by a variety of internal, collaborative, and external factors. The findings of the study suggest that SMEs should diversify their product innovations to include new inputs, improved product features, and enhanced technologies to strengthen their place in the market. This research is valuable because there is limited evidence on the nature and determinants of product innovation in food and agribusiness SMEs of emerging economies like India.

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食品和农业综合企业中小型企业产品创新的决定因素：来自印度企业调查数据的证据

本文分析了印度食品和农业综合企业产品创新的性质和决定因素。该研究基于世界银行的企业调查和2014年以来的印度创新跟进调查。这些调查包括在该国不同地区运营的294家印度食品和农业综合企业。简单的统计工具（例如卡方检验和逻辑回归）用于分析原始数据。从分析中可以明显看出，在整个企业规模中，采用产品创新的方式都存在显着差异。在大型企业中，产品创新比中小型企业（SME）更突出。回归分析的结果表明，中小企业的产品创新更可能受到各种内部，协作和外部因素的影响。研究结果表明，中小型企业应使其产品创新多样化，以包括新的投入，改进的产品功能和增强的技术，以增强其在市场中的地位。这项研究是有价值的，因为在像印度这样的新兴经济体的食品和农业综合企业中，关于产品创新的性质和决定因素的证据有限。