Research area

Consumer/buying behaviour

The goal is to improve the industry's opportunities for developing new products and their communication strategies to consumers.

Corporate strategy

Companies make many strategic decisions, which are often critical for the company's ability to survive.

Economics

Knowledge from economic models is used to provide advice about strategic choices to the administrative organs, industry sectors and companies.

Environment and ethics

Produksjon av mat er å spille på lag med naturen.

Food production involves teaming up with nature.

 

Industrial buying behaviour

How do the perceptions and attitudes of industrial buyers and other organisations influence the market opportunities for Norwegian actors?

Market-based harvesting

Large sectors of the fisheries industry live by fishing and producing food from wild fish stocks.

Marketing

How can Norwegian seafood companies achieve competitive advantages based on knowledge about marketing?

Product development

Research-based knowledge about how market-based product development occurs at the point of intersection between raw materials, technology, product and consumers.

 

Traceability

Where does the food product come from? This is an increasingly more important question for consumers and buyers to get answers about.