"Health-enhancing" Products in the Italian Food Industry : Multinationals and SMEs Competing on Yogurt

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to present a detailed analytical(qualitative) study of the new "health-enhancing" products in the Italian marketplace, with a focus on both the multinational corporations and the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The analysis is based on a new products development framework (NPD) which is operationalized by isolating four key strategic elements and other support variables from the literature.