Sources of technological development in the spanish food and drink industry. A “supplier-dominated” industry?

Marian Garcia Martinez and Jim Burns
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Marian Garcia Martinez: Food Industry Management, Wye College, Wye Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, United Kingdom, Postal: Food Industry Management, Wye College, Wye Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, United Kingdom
Jim Burns: Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, The University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom, Postal: Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, The University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom

Agribusiness, 1999, vol. 15, issue 4, 431-448

Abstract: This article analyses the sources of technological change in the Spanish food and drink industry (F&DI). The increasing importance of technical change has called for a better understanding of the innovation process and sources of technical advances in particular. The article examines the generally accepted view of the F&DI as a “supplier-dominated” industry. Empirical results show the important contribution of national and foreign suppliers of machinery and equipment to the Spanish F&DI's technological level. However, Spain F&DI's reliance on externally generated technology has brought about low levels of technological autonomy in general, and process technology in particular. Logistic regression analysis underlines the importance of in-house technological capabilities in innovation, and thereby the problems an industry faces if it largely relies on external sources of technical change as opposed to internal developments. [Econ-Lit citations: L660, O300, O300] © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199923)15:4<431::AID-AGR1>3.0.CO;2-0

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