This paper conceptualizes the supply chain of innovation of a company as its supply chain
not related to physical goods exchanges but to R&D commodities exchanges. R&D
commodities, being the outcomes of research activities, are for example patents,
technologies, research services, studies, projects, etc. Specifically, we focus on the
relationship between the activities of purchasing/selling R&D commodities and the
propensity of the firm to develop new products; we examine how the position of the firm …