The Conceptual Model and Theoretical Analysis of Crowd Innovation
Liu Zhi-yin · Science of Science and Management of S.& T · 2015
The popularization of internet and the application of mobile internet generate the innovation web 2.0model and are maturing the innovation democratization. Practices indicate the crowd innovation has become a new innovation pattern. This paper describes the evolution from traditional innovation patterns to the crowd innovation pattern. Based on the definition of the concept and connotation of crowd innovation that is classified into two categories, i.e., enterprise-leading and crowd-leading patterns, this paper proposes the conceptual model of crowd innovation and analyzes two practical cases: Innocentive and App Store. Finally, the prospect and main topics of crowd innovation study are discussed.