New opportunities for distributed innovation

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Innovations not only promote all human beings to move forward, but also one of the important driving forces for enterprise growth. But can "innovation" only happen through a massive capital investment and expert team input? Is "innovation" necessarily "open"? In order to answer the above questions, we will review the two main theories in distributed innovation-"User Innovation" and "Open Innovation", as well as two similar concepts that have emerged in recent years: "Grassroots Innovation" and "Social Innovation" are defined and compared.

In the past, it was generally believed that the Taiwanese market was too small to develop technologies that meet local needs, or to develop very large manufacturers. Manufacturers do not have enough resources to invest in research and development (R&D), so it is difficult to compete, but if you can make good use of the distributed innovation model, even if the manufacturer is small, you can still integrate many users or community innovation. Therefore, how to use open innovation, user innovation, and social innovation that combines grassroots forces is an important strategy for Taiwan to continue to maintain its innovation momentum under a limited enterprise scale.