The Role of the Soft Innovation in the Research of Low-Tech Sectors on the Example of Food Industry (Rola innowacji miekkich w badaniach innowacyjnosci przedsiebiorstw z sektorow niskotechnologicznych na przykladzie sektora spozywczego)

The study refers to the issue of innovation entities operating in the low-tech sectors. It discusses the reasons for the low presence of companies from this kind of sectors in the statistics on innovation. The article presents the basic definitions of innovation. It shows the specificity of the food sector as one of the key sectors of the global economy. Next, reference is made to the current distribution of innovations and the specifics of soft innovation are presented, including an attempt to identify ways of soft innovations introduction by food businesses.