  The complexity of knowledge production on complex systems is well-known, but
there still lacks knowledge framework that would both account for a certain
structure of knowledge production at an epistemological level and be directly
applicable to the study and management of complex systems. We set a basis for
such a framework, by first analyzing in detail a case study of the construction
of a geographical theory of complex territorial systems, through mixed methods,
namely qualitative interview analysis and quantitative citation network
analysis. We can therethrough inductively build a framework that considers
knowledge entreprises as perspectives, with co-evolving components within
complementary knowledge domains. We finally discuss potential applications and
developments.
