Abstract
This article aims to identify appropriate methodologies for the planning of a Services for People Innovation Park-SPIP, designed according to the model proposed by the Ibero-American Network launched by La Salle University of Madrid. Projected to form a network, these parks were conceived to provoke social change in their region, improving quality of life and social welfare, through knowledge, technology and innovation transfer and creation of companies focused on developing product and services to reduce social inequalities. Building a conceptual framework for the identification of planning methodologies compatible with the SPIP problematique, this article analyses the theories of complex systems and adaptive planning, considering the particularities presented by Innovation Parks. The study deepens the understanding of the problems inherent in park planning, identifies the key issues to be considered during this process, and characterizes the SPIP as active adaptive complex system, suggesting methodologies more appropriate to its planning.
Highlights
The aim in this article is to identify appropriate methodologies for the planning of a Services for People Innovation Park-SPIP, according to a model proposed by the IberoAmerican SPIP Network, launched by Madrid’s La Salle University in November 2008 in Lima, Peru (SIPISP, 2008)
Based on a set of principles and values, with special emphasis on the fostering of sustainable local human development, the Network encourages inter-university cooperation for the promotion and implementation of local and regional development models. It supports the new concept of university which, in addition to its traditional functions of generating, transmitting and applying knowledge, is engaged in a quest for innovation and entrepreneurship. It proposes the creation of the SPIP in association with enterprises and regional and local governments, according to the Triple Helix model
The SPIPs aim at provoking social change in their regions by improving quality of life and social welfare through the transfer of knowledge, technology and innovation, with the creation of enterprises which develop products and services to reduce social inequalities
Summary
The aim in this article is to identify appropriate methodologies for the planning of a Services for People Innovation Park-SPIP, according to a model proposed by the IberoAmerican SPIP Network, launched by Madrid’s La Salle University in November 2008 in Lima, Peru (SIPISP, 2008). Based on a set of principles and values, with special emphasis on the fostering of sustainable local human development, the Network encourages inter-university cooperation for the promotion and implementation of local and regional development models It supports the new concept of university which, in addition to its traditional functions of generating, transmitting and applying knowledge, is engaged in a quest for innovation and entrepreneurship. The SPIPs aim at provoking social change in their regions by improving quality of life and social welfare through the transfer of knowledge, technology and innovation, with the creation of enterprises which develop products and services to reduce social inequalities They introduce citizenship as an agent to complement the Triple Helix components, - government, university and enterprises -, incorporating the perceptions and participation of the community into their processes.
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