Open AccessCreating and Maintaining Innovative Space — A Framework for Unraveling the Complexities of Entrepreneurial Systems
Author(s) -
Kevin S. Marshall
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
complexity, governance and networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2214-3009
pISSN - 2214-2991
DOI - 10.7564/14-cgn16
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , identification (biology) , process (computing) , nature versus nurture , computer science , comprehension , macro , process management , knowledge management , management science , sociology , business , engineering , botany , anthropology , biology , programming language , operating system
This article proposes a theoretical framework for analyzing, designing, and managing innovative institutional space. Innovative spaces generate macro-level, emergent outcomes. A fundamental challenge of the administrative and managerial sciences is to promulgate, adopt and enforce rules relevant and appropriate to specific goal-oriented spaces, while fostering spatial conditions that nurture the emergent, entrepreneurial properties of complex systems. Emphasizing the revelations of complexity theory, this article argues that differentiation and integration are essential components of an adaptive, progressive space, and that administrative and managerial rules not only define the parameters of space in question, but also influence the innovative, progressive nature of the space. The proposed theoretical framework suggests a two-part analytical process germane to the creation and maintenance of innovative space consisting of 1) the identification and comprehension of the space to be administered or managed, and 2) the identification and analysis of relevant rules (existing or proposed) that positively or negatively impact the emergent properties of such space.