創新是現代社會相當關切及重視的議題，上至國家、企業，下至團體、個人
，我們的生活跟創新有著密不可分的關係，擁有創新想法並不需要付出任何成本，但是要將好的創新想法付諸實踐所需花費的成本卻相對地高。同時，創新也是判斷一個個體是否有在持續進步的重要指標，如果一個國家甚或是個人能有良好的創新表現，通常表現出較高之競爭力，而這些競爭力通常會直接顯示在該國的GDP及各項經濟指標上。
儉樸創新的觀念強調將好的創新想法以較低的成本，在不需要太多技術層面的支援下，付諸實現，是發展中國家縮小與已發展國家之間差距的方法。換句話說，儉樸創新就是一種用最少資源創造最多價值的能力，要在提高商業與社會價值的同時，盡可能減少使用日益短缺的資源。當今有很多企業將儉樸創新視為改變大局的經營策略，將面對的資源限制當作一種機會而非負債，培養一種全新的經營心態。
本研究之論文及文獻資料取自Web of Science Core Collection資料庫，透過關鍵字設定及限制以蒐集此研究所需使用的專利，再透過主路徑研究分析法篩選出重要的幾組專利群進行分析，透過主路徑研究分析法可以有效且快速的辨別出從過去到現在扮演重要角色的專利。
經過主路徑分析後，本研究之研究資料主要分為三大支流，分別是草根創新、破壞式創新、反向創新以及價值創新。其分別與儉樸創新都有著非常密切之關係。而經過Edge-betweeness分群後更是可以得出五大主題分別是儉樸創新、反向創新、草根創新、價值創新、自主創新，而本研究最終也以此五大主題作為本研究之搜尋關鍵字。
本研究認為，儉樸創新這一概念雖還不為廣大研究者及社會了解，卻是一非常重要之概念，其所帶來的效益可以解決現今社會中發展較為不平等之困境，舒緩發展中國家或是發展較貧困之地區之部分難題。然此一創新想法，仍需靠更多研究作為支撐以及印證，才能讓此一觀念普及至廣大群眾。

Innovation is a topic that gian more and more concerns and attention, from countries and enterprises to groups and individuals, our lives are closely related to innovation. It doesn’t require any cost to have innovative ideas, but the cost of putting good innovative ideas into practice is relatively high. In the meantime, innovation is also an important indicator for judging whether an individual is making continuous progress. If a country or even an individual has good innovative performance, it usually shows high competitiveness, and this competitiveness are usually directly displayed in the country’s GDP and various economic indicators.
The concept of frugal innovation emphasizes that good innovative ideas can be carried out at a lower cost without much technical support. This is a way for developing countries to narrow the gap. In other words, frugal innovation is the ability to create the valuable goods with the least resources. It is necessary to minimize the use of increasingly scarce resources while increasing business and social value. Many companies regard frugal innovation as a business strategy that changes the overall situation, and treat the resources they have as an opportunity rather than a liability, or even a brand-new business mentality.
The patent data for this research is taken from the Web of Science database (hereinafter referred to as WOS). The patents needed for this research are collected through keyword settings and restrictions, and then several important groups of patent groups are selected through the main path research analysis method. Analysis, through the main path research analysis method can effectively and quickly identify the patents that play an important role from the past to the present.
After the main path analysis, the research data of this study can be divided into three main branches, namely grassroots innovation, destructive innovation of frugal innovation, and value innovation of reverse innovation/frugal innovation. In addition, they are closely related to frugal innovation. After Edge-betweeness grouping, it can be concluded that the five major groups are frugal innovation, reverse innovation, grassroots innovation, value innovation, and indigeneous innovation. This study uses the above five groups as keywords for this research.
This study believes that though the concept of frugal innovation is not well understood by researchers and society, it is a very important concept. The benefits it brings can solve the plight of relatively unequal development in society and enable developing countries and the development of poorer areas solve some of the problems. However, this innovative idea needs more research as the support and confirmation, so that this idea can be understood and applied by the public.

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