Innovation activities in the food and beverage sector in Ecuador: A probabilistic model

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the probability the enterprises of food and beverage sector in Ecuador produce a new good based on investment in research, development and innovation. Two databases were used. The first one proceeds from the last survey on innovation applied by the National Institute of Statistics and Census in Ecuador which contains information of the period 2012-2014; the second one was created from the application of a survey to the enterprises of the sector, which is the purpose of this study in Tungurahua Province in 2022; it has information of the period 2018-2021. A descriptive analysis of the research variables was done, prior to the development of a Logit model that established that, in both scenarios of study, the investment in research and development is the main factor that increases the probability that these enterprises will innovate.