摘要：This article examines the innovative performance of the Spanish Food & Drink Industry (F&DI).Results highlight the 'evolutionary' rather than 'revolutionary' nature of innovation activities in theSpanish F&DI. However, the adoption of 'defensive/imitative' strategies by Spanish F&D manufac-turers raises important questions given the current manufacturer-retailer relationship with an increas-ing emphasis on innovation by food retailers when accepting/rejecting new products. The paperstresses the importance of in-house technological capabilities in innovation performance with a higherprobability for Spanish F&D firms to be 'truly' innovative the higher their technological autonomylevel. . 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
