By contrast, the innovation supply chain (the process by which companies obtain and/or develop future products and improve on their current products) tends to be characterized by inefficiency, ambiguity, and competition. And, in many cases, no supply chain is in place.
相反，低效、模糊和竞争似乎是创新供应链（企业获取和/或研发未来产品及改善当前产品过程）的基本特征。很多情况下甚至根本没有供应链可言。