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Table 2

Key conceptual definitions

Terminology	Adapted definition	Source(s)
Demand articulation	Buyer’s degree of clarity in defining the innovation need or problem requiring innovative solutions from suppliers	Uyarra et al. (2014), Wesseling and Edquist (2018), Georghiou et al. (2014)
Supplier responsiveness	The swiftness and effectiveness with which suppliers use their creativity and/or manage their networks to meet buyers’ innovation needs	Choi and Krause (2006), Gulati et al. (2011), Bellamy et al. (2014)
Networks	Two or more supply firms that are connected to share resources and create value for themselves throughout their supply chain	Lu et al. (2018), Kim (2014), Gulati et al. (2011), Carnovale and Yeniyurt (2015), Sharma et al. (2020), Cantu and Tunisini (2023), Bellamy et al. (2020)
Network complexity	Degree of differences between network members and their interactions in the network system	Sharma et al. (2020), Choi and Krause (2006)
Supply chain innovation	Incremental or radical changes in products or processes associated with members of a supply chain that create value for stakeholders	Kabadurmus (2020), Kusi-Sarpong et al. (2019), Luomaranta and Martinsuo (2020), Shete et al. (2020)
Innovation procurement	The use of procurement to demand new or improved products/services and to support or transform supply chains in critical industries	Kundu et al. (2020), Edquist et al. (2015), Adjei-Bamfo et al. (2023), Mazzucato and Robinson (2018), Foss and Bonacelli (2023), Jooriyan et al. (2023)

Terminology	Adapted definition	Source(s)
Demand articulation	Buyer’s degree of clarity in defining the innovation need or problem requiring innovative solutions from suppliers	Uyarra et al. (2014), Wesseling and Edquist (2018), Georghiou et al. (2014)
Supplier responsiveness	The swiftness and effectiveness with which suppliers use their creativity and/or manage their networks to meet buyers’ innovation needs	Choi and Krause (2006), Gulati et al. (2011), Bellamy et al. (2014)
Networks	Two or more supply firms that are connected to share resources and create value for themselves throughout their supply chain	Lu et al. (2018), Kim (2014), Gulati et al. (2011), Carnovale and Yeniyurt (2015), Sharma et al. (2020), Cantu and Tunisini (2023), Bellamy et al. (2020)
Network complexity	Degree of differences between network members and their interactions in the network system	Sharma et al. (2020), Choi and Krause (2006)
Supply chain innovation	Incremental or radical changes in products or processes associated with members of a supply chain that create value for stakeholders	Kabadurmus (2020), Kusi-Sarpong et al. (2019), Luomaranta and Martinsuo (2020), Shete et al. (2020)
Innovation procurement	The use of procurement to demand new or improved products/services and to support or transform supply chains in critical industries	Kundu et al. (2020), Edquist et al. (2015), Adjei-Bamfo et al. (2023), Mazzucato and Robinson (2018), Foss and Bonacelli (2023), Jooriyan et al. (2023)

Source(s): Adapted definition based on previous works in column three