Open innovative phenomena in supply chain relational networks, in Law, Business and Innovation Studies

Firms can develop supply innovative processes to seek out and transfer external knowledge into their own innovation activities. They can also create channels to move unutilized internal knowledge to other organizations in the surrounding environment. From here: a. the importance of new supply chain relationships in innovative open innovation processes; b. the amplification of the 'supply chain knowledge gap', which open innovation determines. As for the methodology adopted, this is a qualitative analysis of medium-sized business cases.