Social Innovation Design and Sustainability of Youth-Led Bamboo Craft Brand in Zhushan Township, Taiwan

Abstract

Various brands of bamboo crafts created by youths have emerged in Zhushan Township, Taiwan. With the special bamboo materials available in Zhushan Township as their core, these brands have created different types of social innovations through their management, design, and mechanical knowledge. The results indicate the following: (1) The youths advocate for causes such as the preservation of culture, mutually beneficial situations, sustainable local development, and environmentally friendly lifestyles. The youths proposed innovative solutions for these causes, such as establishing a guesthouse, revitalizing unused space, creating opportunities for dialogues, developing bamboo-based environmentally friendly products, and holding local activities; (2) the youths constructed a model for internal cooperation and enhancement, revitalization, and marketing Zhushan Township; (3) the youths advocated for various social values, utilized social capital, and proposed innovative solutions through diversified participation and the creation of new relationships, allowing different communities to generate a group dynamic to resolve social problems and achieve sustainability together. This study aids in the facilitation of sustainable management of township micro-enterprises by innovating products and service modes through social capital and social value. At the same time, local and common social innovation modes are connected to provide a reference for the social innovation of micro-enterprises.

A Review on Sustainable Product Design, Marketing Strategies and Conscious Consumption of Bamboo Lifestyle Products

“…Various brands of bamboo are existing in Zhushan Township, Taiwan, China, these brands have explored different types of social innovations through design, management and mechanical knowledge. They are in favour of causes such as preservation of culture, eco-friendly local development, mutually beneficial situations and sustainable lifestyle [80].…”

Gestión sostenible para la competitividad del sector de la agroindustria no alimentaria y artesanal en las MIPYMES en Panamá

“…Lo que nos indica que es un tema innovador al cual podemos aportar a la comunidad científica. Entre los artículos recabados, se destaca la investigación de la temática de sostenibilidad, con la innovación social en proyectos artesanales de bambú en Taiwán, con resultados importantes mediante soluciones innovadoras de productos amigables con el medio ambiente y que resuelven problemas sociales y logran la sostenibilidad de manera colaborativa [11]. Los dueños de las MIPYMES del sector agroindustrial no alimentaria y artesanal, a los que se les aplicó el sondeo a través del QR, están interesados en formar parte de proyectos de investigación para determinar la gestión sostenible y competitiva; ya que la mayoría cuenta con redes sociales para la promoción y difusión de sus artesanías.…”

How Dynamic Managerial Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Operational Capabilities Impact Microenterprises’ Global Performance

“…When referring to SC, an important clarification may be that we specifically mean both internal SC and external SC. Managers with SC within and outside of the firm should be better able to not only articulate changes to their employees, but also negotiate with suppliers and key customers [56,60,61], better exploit resources [62], capture fleeting opportunities [46], as well as more effectively build networks [63,64]. We know that networks are relevant in several key aspects of the business, such as the capacity for internationalization, innovation, and performance [63,64], and that internal SC is advantageous in developing employee goodwill, facilitating co-ordination efforts, as well as developing a common language, shared norms, and goals [65].…”