Innovation in restaurant business as development factor of experience economy

The article research experience economy through a comparative analysis with other economic models, namely innovative, informative, network, service economy, economy of knowledges and creative economy, in which innovation is the important factor of development. The article is aimed at representation of innovations in restaurant service, as factors of experience economy. According to the Law of the Russian Federation “On Innovation Activity and State Innovation Policy in the Russian Federation”, the author gives the definition of innovation. The article on the basis of typological method identifies the main types of innovations: technical, organizational, technological, managerial, complex, and their use in the restaurant business. The presented case of innovations in the restaurant business point to their many-sided nature and wide scope of practical application. Using the method of representations makes it possible to identify and present different types of innovations in the restaurant business, not only listing them and describing, but also to give a theoretical analysis of the “cooking show” and “cooking quest...