NDLI: Emergence as a conceptual framework for understanding scientific and technological progress

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Alexander, J. Chase, J. Newman, N. Porter, A. Roessner, J.D.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Center for Science, Technology & Economic Development, SRI International, Arlington, VA - USA (Alexander, J.; Chase, J.; Roessner, J.D.) \|\| IISC, Atlanta, GA - USA (Newman, N.) \|\| Search Technology, Atlanta, GA - USA (Porter, A.)
Abstract	The global science, technology and innovation (STI) system is characterized by some researchers as a complex adaptive system (e.g. Heimricks, 2009). Scientific and technological progress entails both evolutionary and revolutionary change, with a high degree of non-linearity and unpredictability. In the terms of complexity science, this progress is emergentit defies a reductionist approach to characterizing the phenomenon. We discuss the properties associated with emergent behavior (Goldstein, 1999; Deguet et al., 2002), and apply them to an integrative framework for describing activities in scientific research and technological development. We further elaborate on this framework to suggest the developments and events in the global STI system which may be hallmarks of technical emergence, defined as the set of properties and phenomena observed in the development of a concept with potential scientific and technological significance. The conceptual framework provides a useful tool for focusing further research on specific dynamics of scientific and technological activity.
Starting Page	1286
Ending Page	1292
File Size	263908
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467328531
e-ISBN	9781890843250
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-07-29
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	PICMET (Portland Intl conf on Manage
Subject Keyword	Communities Complexity theory Technological innovation Adaptive systems Emergent phenomena Technology management Humans
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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