关键词: 微创新, 渐进式创新, 开放式创新, 小微企业, Micro-Innovation, incremental innovation, open innovation, small and micro enterprise

Abstract: Micro-innovation, as a new thought of innovation, emerges pervasively with the development of the internet. However, it attracts scarce theoretical analysis to date. We define the conception by drawing on extant innovation theories and micro-innovation practices, and summarize its four characteristics, i.e., evolution, openness, grass-root, and ancillary. To manage the innovation successfully, large and middle-scale enterprises have to focus on employment mindset, temperate control, innovation backup, intellectual property protection and innovation balance, and eventually encompass micro-innovation as an organic part of their innovation systems. Small and micro enterprises should pay more attention to the issues of innovation platform and imitation so that enhance their micro-innovation capability.