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Abstract
The paper examines the innovation and export strategies of Spanish food and agriculture
firms. It is based on a sample of these firms selected by PITEC for the period 2003-2010. The
results show the key role of internal innovation efforts in international commercial activity.
This highlights the importance of the capacity to absorb internal innovation efforts.
Furthermore, process innovation has a greater effect than product innovation on the
internationalization strategy, both for the agricultural and the food firms.