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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group
Annual Review
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Group
brings together the latest thinking and practice in
the process of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Its academic research, collaborations with
institutions from around the world and partnerships
with business provide a unique insight into how
organisations can create greater value from their
innovation programmes.
Part of the Imperial College Business School,
the I&E Group sits within one of the world’s
leading universities, renowned for its research
and education in science, engineering, medicine
and technology.
If you would like to know more about
the I&E Group, contact Jo McHugh:
T: +44 (0)20 7594 5926
E: j.mchugh
@
imperial.ac.uk
W: www.imperial.ac.uk/
business-school/
innovationandentrepreneurship
Funders
The work of the Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group has been
generously supported by:
AIM Research (Advanced Institute of
Management Research)
Arup
Atkins
BIS (Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills)
BP
BT
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council)
ESRC (Economic and Social
Research Council)
European Commission
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding
Council for England)
IBM
IMRC (Innovative Manufacturing
Research Centre)
Kusuma Trust
Laing O’Rourke
LDA (London Development Agency)
NESTA (National Endowment for
Science, Technology and the Arts)
QinetiQ
TSB (Technology Strategy Board)
Academic collaborators
Bocconi University, Milan
Copenhagen Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Tongji University, Shanghai
University of Cambridge
University of Queensland
University of Tokyo
Strategic industry partners
Arup
Atkins
BP
Finmeccanica
IBM
Laing O’Rourke
QinetiQ
Contents
Chairman of the Advisory Board’s introduction 01
Group Head’s review 03
The Group’s structure 05
Impact of our research: EPSRC Innovation Studies Centre 07
1. Knowledge for Innovation 09
2. Design and Service Innovation 11
3. Project Business 13
4. Entrepreneurship, Transfer and Adoption 15
Impact of our research: Programmes and Centres 17
1. BP Urban Energy Systems 19
2. Design London 19
3. Entrepreneurship Hub 21
4. Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre 21
5. Innovation and Productivity Grand Challenge (IPGC) 23
6. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 23
7. QinetiQ-EPSRC Chair in Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship 25
8. UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC) 25
Management team 27
Doctoral students 28
Advisory Board 29
Adjunct Professors, Visiting Professors and Fellows 30
Teaching 31
EPSRC Innovation Studies Centre project values 32
Publications 33
Honours 35
Conferences 37
Who’s Who in the Group 41
One Year in the Life of the Group 46
Chairman of the Advisory Board’s introduction
I have served on the Advisory Board of the
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group since
2003, but 2008 was my first full year as Chairman.
I accepted the position, not just because of the
importance of the Group’s work to the challenges
ahead for UK plc, but also because of the broader
international and social impact of innovation and
entrepreneurship. Wherever Imperial College
is active, whether in London, China, India, or
elsewhere, it is an exciting place to work; this Board
offers a unique opportunity to all its members
across an array of interesting, challenging and
sometimes confusing agendas.
Despite the economic downturn,
the I&E Group has grown over the
past year, thriving on its exciting
programmes, projects, events and
initiatives; and its new proposals
are set to make a real impact in the
year ahead.
Members of the Board, which contains
distinguished faces from industry
and academia, find it refreshing to
be part of a forum where the latest
thinking and practice are explored and
issues and experiences shared. To the
excellence of the academic endeavour,
they bring the experience needed
to communicate and institutionalise
new knowledge into working practice
across different public, manufacturing
and service industry sectors.
The Group’s unique approach to
sharing and working with other
organisations – in the public sector,
in business and with other research
institutes – creates opportunities to
get involved, whether by attending
an evening seminar, seconding an
employee to study for their doctoral
degree, or by full-blown collaboration
on a significant research project. All
these routes have influenced the future
direction of organisations that have
engaged with the Group.
All the members of the Advisory
Board are proud of the Group’s
success, particularly in the Research
Assessment Exercise, where the I&E
Group gained a special mention for
its part in securing equal top ranking
for Imperial College Business School’s
research in its field. For us, success is
about more than academic publications,
it is about growth, knowledge
leadership and having fun. This report
gives some idea of the many ways in
which the Group has influenced policy,
practice and performance over the
past twelve months.
Thank you for your interest.
Dr Shahpur Patell
Chairman, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group Advisory Board
Bursar, Jesus College Oxford
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Photo: Neville Miles 3
Highlights of the year
The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ranked Imperial College Business
School joint first for the percentage of research activity assessed as
world-leading or internationally excellent; the I&E Group received a special
mention for its vibrancy and the quality of its work.
Gordon Brown visited the Business School to engage with innovation
thought-leaders and launch the Government’s response to the credit crunch.
We signed an agreement with Finmeccanica on new research and Executive
Education programmes.
We won the new UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC) jointly with
the University of Cambridge. This venture’s remit for engaging innovation
research with policy will build on the Group’s strong links with Government
departments, and dovetails with Dr Keith Smith’s secondment to the
Department of Business Innovation and Skills as Head of Innovation Analysis.
What lies behind our success? Our
unique ability to meet the urgent need
for a better understanding of how
to make innovation more effective:
no other group in Europe can match
our size, interdisciplinary capability,
academic standing, contacts, funding
and published research.
Innovation is what smart firms do to
survive and grow out of recession.
It’s a good time to re-align resources,
research cost-saving technical and
organisational innovations, develop
new business models and research
emerging market opportunities. Over
the year, we continued to work closely
with our strategic industry partners,
launching projects such as ‘Innovation
Momentum and the Changing Role
of the CTO’, and new models of
‘Open Innovation’.
Group Head’s review
The Group has had a dynamic year, growing in
size and improving the quality of its outputs. I am
particularly proud of the team’s achievements in
developing policy and engaging with government
ministers in the UK and many other countries.
It is also a good time to be an
entrepreneur: our research shows
entrepreneurial firms grow more
rapidly out of a recession. Our
Entrepreneurship Hub provided
executive development opportunities
for more than 200 SMEs with Design
London, as well as organising a
series of events, workshops and
coaching activities to support
young entrepreneurial firms.
Our international portfolio increased,
with new sponsorship for the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre, projects on energy
and the environment with Tokyo
University, and new projects on Virtual
Worlds technologies with Queensland
University. A programme of visits
and exchanges has strengthened
our network in the US, and plans are
in place to host a major innovation
conference in London in June 2010
with our colleagues at Copenhagen
Business School.
We helped put ideas into practice
through our Innovation Leadership
Programmes, such as Innovation and
the Business of Science for the Royal
Society; and our Executive Education
programmes, public events and
workshops took our research results
to a wider audience.
We talk to the best in the world and
work with the best in the world. We
hope that you will find the results of our
research valuable to your organisation
in the coming year.
Professor David Gann
Head, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group
Imperial College Business School
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The Group’s structure
Led by Professor David Gann, the Group has a
portfolio of research projects worth over £25 million
in direct financial support, with a similar in-kind
contribution from the business world. It consists
of more than 55 core members, 37 Visiting and
Adjunct Professors from leading universities and
businesses around the world, and 14 PhD doctoral
students working on a variety of research projects.
At its heart is the EPSRC Innovation Studies
Centre (ISC), one of a small number of Innovative
Manufacturing Research Centres (IMRCs)
funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council.
The ISC’s work covers the entire
innovation process, from knowledge
creation to commercialisation,
in four themes:
1. Knowledge for Innovation
2. Design and Service Innovation
3. Project Business
4. Entrepreneurship, Transfer
and Adoption.
It acts as the intellectual fly-wheel
to develop new research projects,
programmes and centres, where the
business world and other research
councils have provided financial
backing to conduct research in
specific areas, such as new models
for Technology Transfer, and
Innovation in Services.
The Group communicates the
results of its work through publications,
evening events, lectures and seminars,
in-depth workshops and bespoke
research projects, as well as through
the Business School’s programmes:
the Imperial MBA, the Executive
MBA and Executive Education.
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Transfer and
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BP Urban Energy
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UK Innovation
Research
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Rajiv Gandhi Centre
for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
Health and Care
Innovation and
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Entrepreneurship
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expertise
PROMOTING THE EXCHANGE OF
Honda Wind Tunnel in the Department of Aeronautics, photo: Dave Guttridge, The Photographic Unit 7
Impact of our research:
EPSRC Innovation Studies Centre
1. Knowledge for Innovation
2. Design and Service Innovation
3. Project Business
4. Entrepreneurship, Transfer and Adoption
The ISC’s multi-disciplinary research team focuses
on how innovation happens, the management
of technological and organisational change, and
the social and environmental consequences of
innovation. It has close links with government and
industry, providing advice on the development of
policy and strategy.
AND PRACTICE INTERNATIONALLY
expertise
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What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We initiated new relationships with
Syngenta, HP, Pfizer and GSK, as
well as continuing our work with
Arup, IBM and Atkins.
We have influenced policy through
presentations to the ministers
and policy makers at BIS and
HM Treasury.
We published the AIM (Advanced
Institute of Management) Report
on university-industry links to
widespread media attention.
We held a practitioner-oriented
workshop on Intellectual Property
and Open Innovation, drawing upon
a series of interview-based case
studies of leading firms, including
Pfizer, Nokia, P&G, GSK and IBM.
We launched two new projects:
one on how firms harness external
innovators; and a second on the
abilities of individuals to search
externally and integrate these ideas
into the firm. Both projects involve
deep collaboration with leading
multinationals.
1. Knowledge for Innovation
What do we do?
We explore how knowledge is created,
exchanged and combined in the
innovation process, developing new
frameworks, methods and tools
to improve understanding of how
knowledge can be used within and
across organisations to increase the
effectiveness of the innovation process.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
Our link with the UK Innovation
Research Centre (UK~IRC) will
increase the impact of our work
on policy and practice.
China Central Television Headquarters. Photo courtesy of Arup 9
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2. Design and Service Innovation
What do we do?
We examine how innovation
knowledge can be developed and
refined into product, process, or
service through new technologies such
as simulation and virtual prototyping.
The theme focuses on design thinking
and practices, especially in relation
to the development of innovative
user-centred services.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We will continue to focus on design
and service innovation, particularly in
the context of health, environmental
and communications service systems.
Designer: Carl Saunders
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We rebuilt the theme to focus on
design as a way of thinking and set
of practices that can be applied
beyond stand-alone products to
the development of innovative
services and systems.
We engaged with quantitative research
using, for example, the UK Innovation
Survey, as well as with in-depth
ethnographic research into individual
and collective sense-making. We
provided policy advice to the Royal
Society on innovation in services.
Reflecting the growing interest in
design as a competitive weapon,
theme leader Bruce Tether provided
expert advice to the European
Commission’s DG Enterprise as
part of the redevelopment of the
Commission’s Innovation Policy.
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3. Project Business
What do we do?
We examine the way project-based
firms innovate, developing concepts,
tools and frameworks to improve the
innovation process, as well as the
design and production of complex
products, systems and services.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
Our research with Arup on the world’s
first eco-city project in Dongtan,
China will examine how to develop the
capabilities necessary to build a global
business in integrated urban design
and planning.
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
Our work with BAA and Laing
O’Rourke on the lessons
learned from the construction of
Heathrow Terminal 5 formed the
basis of an in-depth case study
on innovation in megaproject
management published in the
Californian Management Review.
A development module drawn
from this study will inform how
to manage and learn from future
megaprojects.
We worked with Yorkshire Water
and Arup, examining major water
infrastructure projects, and with
Laing O’Rourke understanding
how to manage internationally
distributed project work.
Our work with IBM, BT and Laing
O’Rourke will look at how to create
business models which capture value
by providing services and products
as integrated solutions projects.
We will be developing new business
models to provide sustainable energy
and water utility services in sustainable
urban developments.
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4. Entrepreneurship, Transfer and Adoption
What do we do?
We study how entrepreneurs and
innovators can create new economic
value by driving the transfer
and adoption of new, complex
technologies.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We are contributing to Imperial
College’s college-wide initiative
on climate change mitigation and
adaptation. We are also gearing
up to launch a major new global
initiative to explore issues around
entrepreneurship, cities and
sustainable economic development.
We anticipate several publications
coming from the InnoMentum project
and look forward to influencing
managerial practice.
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We launched the Energy Business
Research Cluster, consolidating
our research into the business of
sustainable energy by integrating
with college-wide research on energy
and climate change. This initiative
has already produced a number
of case studies, including green
electricity tariffs and hybrid cars.
Working together with IBM,
QinetiQ and BP, we launched the
Innovation Momentum project to
study strategies to create adoption
momentum for new technologies,
organising an industry workshop to
define initial research directions.
We published the Global
Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
2009 report in January, and
produced several academic
papers and teaching cases.
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innovation
HELPING MAKE
HAPPEN
The Innovation Technology Centre, part of Design London 17
Impact of our research:
Programmes and Centres
1. BP Urban Energy Systems
2. Design London
3. Entrepreneurship Hub
4. Health and Care Infrastructure
Research and Innovation Centre
5. Innovation and Productivity
Grand Challenge
6. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
7. QinetiQ-EPSRC Chair
in Technology Transfer
and Entrepreneurship
8. UK Innovation Research Centre
These exciting programmes,
centres and projects, each
enjoying individual funding,
brought together the work of
the ISC in collaboration with
engineers and scientists at
Imperial College and other
organisations, to research
specific areas of technology,
innovation and entrepreneurship.
innovation
HAPPEN
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2. Design London
What do we do?
A joint venture between the Royal
College of Art and Imperial College’s
Faculty of Engineering and Business
School, Design London has become a
multidisciplinary centre of excellence
for understanding how design,
engineering and business processes
can inter-relate more effectively to
deliver business performance and
social welfare.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We’ll continue to strengthen our
teaching, research, business
incubation and outreach activities.
For example, we’ll reach over 300 of
London’s innovative SMEs through
Design Connection.
www.designlondon.net
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
Established in October 2007, we
have grown rapidly. We taught
180 students, including three
MBA cohorts, co-ordinated 32
interdisciplinary student projects,
incubated 7 new business ventures,
supported over 60 small and
medium sized enterprises through
the Design Connection Executive
Education programme, and
delivered the regular STIR Lecture
Series, which attracted over 200
attendees for each evening event.
Photo: Dave Guttridge, The Photographic Unit 19
1. BP Urban Energy Systems
What do we do?
We research how costs, energy and
environmental impacts could be
reduced if cities were to integrate the
systems that supply them, as well
as how consumers evaluate, adopt
and use new environmentally-friendly
products and services, so as to identify
barriers and drivers.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
A second phase of the Toyota
study will look at how users’ driving
behaviour changes after purchasing a
Prius. We will also conduct a study of
a zero-carbon housing development
in East London to explore how tenants
perceive the green practices proposed
for the site. Work will be consolidated
within the new Energy Business
Research laboratory.
www.imperial.ac.uk/energy-
business-research
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We produced a case study providing
a series of recommendations on
the adoption of green electricity
tariffs. Our work has shown how
fragmented information, poor
articulation of advantages and a
lack of incentives are hindering
adoption, with less than 1% of
the population currently choosing
green electricity.
A survey of consumers’ motivations
for purchasing the Toyota Prius was
used to inform the launch of the
third generation Prius. We showed
how motivation is more strongly
weighted towards the innovative
technology.
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Prof Bart Clarysse, giving his inaugural lecture. Photo: Neville Miles
3. Entrepreneurship Hub
What do we do?
We provide a place where all Imperial
College students can explore
entrepreneurial ideas and develop
practical entrepreneurial skills
alongside researchers and
business people.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We’ll continue to develop the
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Design course and ‘Best Practice’
seminars to reach an increasingly
wider audience.
www.imperial.ac.uk/entrepreneurship
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We launched the Innovation,
Entrepreneurship and Design
course as a core part of the
MBA programme, including a
project component where teams
of students either work with a
partner firm to develop a business
plan for a new technology or
concept, or develop business
cases from student-generated
ideas. We developed a distinctive,
comprehensive online learning tool
to negotiate the process, which
has been a success with students
and firms, and will be continued
into 2009.
To share the Hub’s learning with
partners in the academic, industry
and government communities,
we launched a series of monthly
‘Best Practice’ evening seminars
exploring the scaling-up of a
venture beyond the start-up.
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4. Health and Care Infrastructure
Research and Innovation Centre
What do we do?
HaCIRIC is an EPSRC funded
centre researching innovation in
healthcare services, technologies
and infrastructure. Our work involves
a number of collaborating partners,
including the I&E Group. We
improve health outcomes through
innovative thinking about healthcare
infrastructure.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We will continue our interdisciplinary
programme of research coupled with
a vibrant dissemination programme.
www.haciric.org
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We consolidated our wide-ranging
and integrated programme of
research to transform and embed
understanding of how buildings,
systems, services and health
outcomes interact. We have 40
projects underway and 23 directly
supported researchers.
We are building a global reputation
with our collaborative, strategic,
change-focused and outcome-
orientated approach.
Our international links include
Harvard Medical School and MIT,
and we are currently helping to
establish ECHAA (the European
Centre for Health Assets and
Architecture), a European version
of our Centre.
We hosted a range of outreach
activities, including a series of
policy debates and an international
conference.
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5. Innovation and Productivity
Grand Challenge (IPGC)
What do we do?
We investigate how to improve the
ways in which innovation creates social
and financial wealth from knowledge.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
IPGC officially ended in June 2009,
but will be followed by workshops
and seminars to present our findings.
The work will continue through other
activities in the Group, particularly
the UK~IRC.
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We took an ‘open innovation’
approach to external connectivity
this year, linking with 30 academic
institutions in 12 countries through
the ‘Discontinuous Innovation
Laboratories’.
We completed 8 projects shared
across the Fellowship, rather than
at a single institution, working
closely with knowledge transfer
networks, such as Chemistry
Innovation and Scottish Enterprise,
in a series of workshops to develop
the tools managers in SMEs need
to help them improve innovation.
We explored the policy implications
emerging from our work in a series
of briefings with senior policy
makers from BIS, Technology
Strategy Board and HM Treasury.
Photo: Neville Miles 23
6. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
What do we do?
We are a portal for Imperial College’s
strategic commitments in India for
joint research initiatives, technology
commercialisation and educational
programmes. Within our focus on India,
we combine academic and business
techniques to help companies across
the spectrum of the innovation cycle,
from technology development and
commercialisation to complex
innovation management processes.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
In addition to high visibility outreach
activities to raise awareness of the
College’s work in India, our focus will
be on increasing partnerships: working
with the Energy Futures Institute on
research and Executive Education in
India, and with Imperial Innovations
and their Indian subsidiary, i2india.
www.imperial.ac.uk/rajivgandhicentre
Prof John Bessant, co-director of IPGC. Photo: Fergus Burnett
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We researched business models
in the alternative fuel sector,
public-private partnerships in
infrastructure development, joint
ventures in urban construction,
and cross-border mergers and
acquisitions.
We delivered bespoke Executive
Education programmes, launched
the popular ‘Conversations with
India’ seminar series and reached
an agreement with The Hindu
newspaper to showcase science
and technology breakthroughs
from Imperial College in its weekly
Science & Technology feature.
Our inter-faculty role grew
significantly. We are now consulted
by the Rector’s office on all key
initiatives in India, are represented
on the College’s Faculty of
Medicine India Board, and work
closely with the Grantham Centre
for Climate Change on their
India strategy.
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7. QinetiQ-EPSRC Chair in Technology
Transfer and Entrepreneurship
What do we do?
We study how economic value is
constructed around, and extracted
from, technological innovation in
physical science sectors.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
We are planning two major outreach
events to influence the design and
implementation of UK science and
research policy, and related industry
and managerial practice. We will also
expand our Innovation Momentum
research with case studies carried
out in collaboration with new
industry partners.
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
We worked on 15 projects, ranging
from knowledge transfer and
innovation policy to knowledge
transfer networks and high-impact
entrepreneurship. The research,
in collaboration with universities
in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland,
the UK and the US, led to several
publications and case studies.
We chaired the evaluation of
Collaborative Training Accounts
(CTAs) in a number of UK
universities, feeding directly into the
design of EPSRC's new Knowledge
Transfer Accounts. We also
contributed to the launch of the
Institute of Knowledge Transfer's
research agenda and to the
evaluation of the Finnish national
innovation strategy.
We continued to work closely
with QinetiQ, contributing to
their internal ‘Dragon’s Den’
and corporate venturing activity,
producing a series of teaching
cases and launching a new
project which compares and
contrasts the ways venture
projects are valued in life science
and in physical sciences.
In May 2009, we organised
a high-profile workshop on
Entrepreneurship, Productivity
and Economic Development with
leading experts from the US, UK
and several European countries.
Launch event, hosted by NESTA 25
8. UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC)
What do we do?
We are a focal point for policy-relevant
innovation research in the UK and
internationally.
What’s the outlook for 2009/10?
The Centre’s activities will provide
significant benefits to the policy
community, users, and academics,
with the presentation of new
knowledge on the drivers, changing
nature and impact of innovation,
highlighting implications for
national, local and international
policy. Research activities will start
and engagement activities will
continue to grow, including a major
international conference on the role
of the Technology Transfer Office
in universities.
What did we achieve in 2008/09?
The UK~IRC, a collaborative
venture between the Centre for
Business Research at the University
of Cambridge and Imperial College
Business School, was launched
in March 2009 in response to the
‘Innovation Nation’ White Paper.
At the launch event, hosted
by NESTA, new findings were
presented on how SMEs are
coping with the credit crunch,
stimulating a discussion between
researchers and the heads of small
business lending at Barclays and
Lloyds TSB.
Zephyr, an unmanned, ultra-lightweight solar powered aircraft designed to fly over long distances at high altitudes
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Prof Bruce Tether
Design and Service Innovation
theme leader
Prof Gerry George
Deputy-Director of the Group and
Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre
Each theme leader also has a specific area of responsibility:
The Group is supported by Ms Jo McHugh, the Research Centre Manager,
and Dr Andrew Fletcher, Executive Co-ordinator to the Head of Innovation
and Entrepreneurship.
Prof David Gann
Head of the Group and Director
of ISC
Dr Andrew Davies
Project Business theme leader
Prof Bart Clarysse
Director of the Entrepreneurship Hub
Dr Ammon Salter
Knowledge for Innovation
theme leader
Prof Erkko Autio
Entrepreneurship, Transfer and
Adoption theme leader
David Gann Communications and Industrial Engagement
Bruce Tether Interface with Design London
Erkko Autio Future Opportunities and Research Investment
Andrew Davies Project Management and Financial Performance
Ammon Salter Staff Development and Research Environment
Management team
The Group’s management has remained the same
over the last year.
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Claire Auplat
Institutional change and
entrepreneurship in nanotechnology
applications
Theme: Entrepreneurship,
Transfer and Adoption
October 2005 to October 2009
Adam Bock
New business models in the energy
sector; technology entrepreneurship
Theme: Entrepreneurship, Transfer
and Adoption
October 2007 to October 2011
Maria Guedes
A study of the influences on
innovation behaviour
Theme: Knowledge for Innovation
October 2005 to October 2009
Liam Harris
Technology transfer and innovation:
complex government projects
Theme: Entrepreneurship,
Transfer and Adoption
October 2007 to October 2011
Rak Hee Hwang
New business models in
alternative energy systems
Theme: Entrepreneurship,
Transfer and Adoption
October 2007 to October 2011
Maleeya Jotisakulratana
Intellectual capital management
in R&D organisation in Thailand
Theme: Knowledge for Innovation
January 2007 to October 2011
Gajendran Kandasamy
Factors driving radical inventions
in university contexts
Theme: Entrepreneurship,
Transfer and Adoption
October 2007 to October 2011
Nick Leon
What is the social and economic
impact on the city and metropolitan
sub area of the deployment of fully
integrated citywide ICT infrastructure
and services?
Theme: Project Business
October 2005 to October 2009
Celina Smith
Social networks in entrepreneurship
Theme: Knowledge for Innovation
October 2005 to October 2009
Richard Tee
Industrial dynamics, technological
change and the emergence of platforms
Theme: Project Business
October 2005 to October 2009
Valentina Tartari
University-industry collaborations in
the United Kingdom: an analysis of
motivations and outcomes
Theme: Knowledge for Innovation
October 2008 to October 2011
Saurav Pathak
Endogenous strategies for
creating value and legitimacy for
entrepreneurship in the energy sector
Theme: Entrepreneurship, Transfer
and Adoption
October 2008 to October 2011
Tufool Al-Nuaimi
Evolution of networks in
emerging markets
Theme: Entrepreneurship,
Transfer and Adoption
October 2008 to October 2011
William Wu
Systems integration in the
Dongtan Eco-city project
Theme: Project Business
October 2008 to October 2011
Doctoral
students
Doctoral ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall
Photo: Mike Finn-Kelcey
Sir Roy Anderson, Rector
Photo: Mike Finn-Kelcey
The Principal at an awards ceremony
Prof David Gann
Director, ISC, Imperial College London
Prof Maureen McKelvey
Chair in Economics of Innovation,
School of Business, Economics and
Law, Gothenburg University
Prof Jeremy Watson
Director, Global Research, Arup
Mr Keith Clarke
Chief Executive, Atkins
Dr Matt Davies
Portfolio Manager, Engineering,
Research & Innovation Directorate,
EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing
Programme
Prof David Fisk
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr Shahpur Patell (Chair)
Bursar, Jesus College, Oxford
University, EPSRC IMP SAT
(Innovative Manufacturing Programme
Strategic Advisory Team)
Prof Robert Berry
Executive Dean, Engineering and
Applied Sciences, Aston University
Dr Richard Baldwin
Company directorships in the
construction, health and education
sectors, former GEC, main boards
of APV and Alfred McAlpine, also
EPSRC IMP SAT
Prof David Begg
Principal, Imperial College Business
School
It meets twice a year, but also engages
regularly with the team on an individual
basis through the Peer Assist process
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and as contributors to specific
research projects.
In December 2007, Dr Richard Baldwin
announced his retirement as Chairman,
handing over to Dr Shahpur Patell.
Dr Baldwin will continue as a member
of the Board.
The membership of the I&E Group
Advisory Board from 2008/09 is below:
The following individuals stood down from the Advisory Board over the course
of 2008/09:
Dr Geert Dewulf
Faculty of Technology and
Development, University of Twente
Prof Dot Griffiths
Deputy Principal, Imperial College
Business School
Prof Mike Hobday
ESRC CoPS Centre, SPRU, University
of Sussex
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The Peer Assist process involves the scrutiny of each research project following a presentation open to all members of the Group,
which leads to the acceptance or rejection of the project. The same process is used during and at the end of each project.
Advisory Board
The management team is supported by an
Advisory Board drawn from industry and academia.
Adjunct Professors
Dr Simon Barnes, Chief Executive,
Tate and Lyle Venture Capital
Dr Ian Harvey, Chairman, Intellectual
Property Institute
Prof Tony Hey CBE, Corporate
Vice President of External Research,
Microsoft
Mat Hunter, Interaction Designer,
IDEO Europe
Baroness Denise Kingsmill,
Non-Executive Director, British
Airways, House of Lords Economic
Affairs Committee
Lemuel Lasher, Group President,
Global Business Solutions and
Services (GBS) and Chief Innovation
Officer, CSC
Dr Tony Meggs, former Group
Vice President for Technology, BP
Dr John Miles, Chairman of the
Global Consulting Sector, Arup
Nelson Ogunshakin, Director,
Association for Consultancy
and Engineering
Paddy O’Rourke, former Director
of Education, Laing O’Rourke
Rashik Parmar, Chief Technology
Officer – North East Europe, IBM
Kaveh Pourteymour, Director,
BP Lubricants
Prof Andrea Prencipe, Professor
of Management of Enterprise,
University G. d’Annunzio
Dr Alan Schafer, Head of
Molecular and Physiological
Sciences, The Wellcome Trust
Andrew Sleigh, Group Chief
Technology Officer, QinetiQ
Sir Peter Williams, Treasurer and
Vice President, The Royal Society,
Chairman, National Physical
Laboratory and Chancellor, University
of Leicester
Dr Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Former
VP, Technical Strategy and Innovation,
IBM and Chairman Emeritus, IBM
Academy of Technology
Visiting Professors and Fellows
Dr Virginia Acha, Government Affairs
Advisor, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Prof Zoltan Acs, Director, School
of Public Policy, George Mason
University, Virginia
Prof Masao Ando, Chiba University
Dr Richard Curry, Independent
Consultant
Prof Michael Cusumano, Sloan
Management Review Professor of
Management, MIT Sloan School
of Management
Prof Mark Dodgson, Director of the
Technology & Innovation Management
Centre, University of Queensland
Business School
Prof Andrew Hargadon, Director,
University of California Davis Centre
for Entrepreneurship
Prof Shigeaki Iwashita, President,
Monotsukuri Institute of Technologists
Nick Leon, Director, Design London
Dr Ian Mackenzie, Chief Executive,
Think Play Do Group
Dr Pascale Michaud, Technology
Strategy Consultant
Dr Nicos Nicolaou, Lecturer in
Management, Department of Public
and Business Administration,
University of Cyprus
Dr Simon Philbin, Plasma Physics,
Imperial College London
Dr Jonathan Sapsed, AIM Innovation
Fellow and Principal Research Fellow,
CENTRIM, University of Brighton
Michael Schrage, Research
Fellow, MIT
Prof Scott Shane, Professor
of Economics, Case Western
Reserve University
Tony Sheehan, Learning Services
Director, Ashridge Business School
Dr Sanford Weiner, Research
Associate, Security Studies
Programme, MIT
Dr Jennifer Whyte, Reader in
Innovation and Design, University
of Reading
Dr Robert Wing, Honorary Senior
Lecturer, Department of Civil
Engineering, Imperial College London
Adjunct
Professors,
Visiting
Professors
and Fellows
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group Annual Review 2008/09 30
Postgraduate teaching
Professors John Bessant and David Gann are responsible for Innovation
Management education for the full time MBA and Executive MBA programmes.
I&E Group researchers play a central role in the Business School’s postgraduate
programmes as supervisors for the MBA students’ Commercial Feasibility
Projects and specialist modules, including electives on Creativity and
Organisations, Entrepreneurial Venturing and Strategic Modelling, all based
on the Group’s research.
The new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design (IED) course, led by Prof
Bart Clarysse, provides an integrated education and training programme which
builds on the I&E Group’s design strengths developed through Design London.
Group staff are responsible for core courses on Innovation Management,
Economics, Entrepreneurship and Project Management for the Masters in
Management and Masters in International Health Management programmes
delivered to over 160 students, preparing them for successful careers
in business.
The Group provides the Innovation Management module for a ‘mini-MBA’
for participants in TeachFirst, supporting top graduates in science and
engineering subjects through two years’ teaching in secondary schools.
Undergraduate Teaching
The Business School provides core modules to the BEST programme, Joint
Honours and Intercalated BSc (medicine with management). I&E Group staff
teach over 400 science, engineering and medicine undergraduates at Imperial
College in subjects that draw directly from the Group’s research.
Executive Education
Working with the I&E Group’s industrial partners, the Business School has seen
an expansion of its Executive Education programme. Repeat courses were
conducted for The Royal Society and Laing O’Rourke, and the Group was
appointed to develop a course for Arup which involved over 35 senior managers
from Arup Consulting Division.
Teaching
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Projects active in 6th year review period
Project Value
Mapping Innovation and Capabilities in Engineering £160,000
Innovation Adoption: Energy Use and Lifestyles £140,000
Platforms for Innovation £332,000
The Birth of Co-evolution of Capabilities: Dongtan Eco-city £110,000
Search Practices and Appropriability in Networks £40,000
Capability Emergence and R&D in Professional Services £120,000
Harnessing External Inventors Project (HEIP) £110,000
Capturing and Exploiting External Knowledge Project (CEEK) £110,000
Projects completed prior to 5th year review period
Project Value
Innovative Behaviour and Business Performance £160,000
Creativity, Technologies and Design £55,000
Learning from a Landmark Project £60,000
Developing a Service Portfolio for Integrated Solutions £80,000
Mapping Innovation and Capabilities in Engineering £160,000
Virtual Prototypes and Playful Engineering £450,000
Knowledge and Information Management Through Life £172,000
EPSRC
Innovation
Studies Centre
project values
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group Annual Review 2008/09 32
Books and book chapters 2008/09
Alexy, O. (2009), Free Revealing: How
Firms Can Profit From Being Open,
Wiesbaden, Germany, Gabler.
Tidd, J., Bessant, J. (2009), Managing
Innovation – Integrating Technological,
Market and Organizational Change,
John Wiley, Chichester.
Bessant, J. (2008), Using Learning
Networks as an Aid to Innovation in
Inside the Innovation Matrix, Australian
Business Foundation, Sydney,
Australia.
Driver, C. Thompson, G. (2008),
Stakeholder Champions: How to
Internationalize the Corporate Social
Responsibility Agenda in Stakeholder
Theory: Essential Readings in Ethical
Leadership and Management, eds.
Zakhem, A., Palmer, D., Stoll, M.L.,
Prometheus Books.
Roehrich, J. (2008), Outsourcing:
Management and Practice Within the
Automotive Industry in Build to Order:
The Road to the 5-day Car, eds.
Parry, G., Graves, A., Springer, London.
Bishop, K., Reichstein, T., Salter
A. (2008), Exploring the Role of
Geographical Proximity in Shaping
University-Industry Interaction in
Creating Wealth from Knowledge,
Edward Elgar.
Journal articles
Maula, M., Autio, E., Murray, G.
(2009), Social Capital and Venture
Capital Value-Added, Journal of
Business Venturing, in print.
Levie, J., Autio, E. (2008), A
Theoretical Grounding and Test of
the GEM Model, Small Business
Economics, vol. 31, no. 3,
pp 235-263.
Keil, T., Autio, E., George, G
(2008), Corporate Venture Capital,
Disembodied Experimentation and
Capability Development, Journal of
Management Studies, vol. 45,
no. 8, pp 1475-1505.
Bessant, J. (2008), Developing an
Organization Culture to Facilitate
Radical Innovation, International
Journal of Technology Management,
vol. 44, no. 3/4, pp 298-323.
Bessant, J. (2008), Dealing with
Discontinuous Innovation: The
European Experience, International
Journal of Technology Management,
vol. 42, no. 1-2, pp 36-50.
Gavetti, G., Canato, A. (2008),
Universita’ Bocconi: Transformation in
the New Millennium, Harvard Business
School Case, vol. 9, pp 709-406.
Publications
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Wright, M., Clarysse, B.,
Lockett, A., Knockaert, M. (2008),
Mid-range Universities Link with
Industry: Knowledge Types and the
Role of Intermediaries, Research
Policy, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp 1205-1223.
Criscuolo, P., Verspagen, B. (2008),
Does it Matter Where Patent Citations
Come From? Inventor vs. Examiner
Citations in European Patents,
Research Policy, 37, pp 1892-1908.
Driver, C. (2008), Varieties of
Governance, Special Issue on
Corporate Governance in Advanced
Economies, Recherches Economiques
de Louvain/Louvain Economic Review,
vol. 74, no. 4, pp 425-453.
Driver, C., Oughton, C. (2008),
Dynamic Models of Regional
Innovation: Explorations with British
Time-Series Data, Cambridge Journal
of Regions, Economic and Society,
vol. 1, no.2, pp 205-217.
Driver, C., Temple, P., Urga, G.
(2008), Real Options – Delay vs. Pre-
emption: Do Industrial Characteristics
Matter? International Journal of
Industrial Organization, vol. 26,
no. 2, pp 532-545.
Driver, C., Hall, S. (2008), Production
Constraints and the NAIRU,
Economics – The Open-Access, Open
Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute
for the World Economy, vol. 2, no. 11.
Frederiksen, L., Davies, A.
(2008), Vanguards and Ventures:
Orojects as Vehicles for Corporate
Entrepreneurship, International
Journal of Project Management,
vol. 26, pp 487-496.
George, G., Kotha, R., Zheng, Y.
(2008), Entry into Insular Domains:
a Longitudinal Study of Knowledge
Structuration and Innovation in
Biotechnology Firms, Journal of
Management Studies, vol. 45,
no. 8, pp 1448-1474.
Jansen, J., George, G.,
Van den Bosch, F., Volberda, H. W.
(2008), Senior Team Attributes and
Organizational Ambidexterity: The
Moderating Role of Transformational
Leadership, Journal of Management
Studies, vol. 45, no. 5, pp 982-1007.
Pickett-Barker, J., Ozaki, R. (2008),
Pro-Environmental Products: Marketing
Influence on Consumer Purchase
Decision, Journal of Consumer
Marketing, vol. 25, no. 5, pp 281-293.
Perkmann, M., Walsh, K. (2008),
Engaging the Scholar: Three Types of
Academic Consulting and Their Impact
on Universities and Industry, Research
Policy, vol. 37, no. 10, pp 1884–91.
Rao, R., Coad, A. (2008), Innovation
and Firm Growth in ‘Complex
Technology' Sectors: A Quantile
Regression Approach, Research Policy,
vol. 37, No. 4, pp 633-648.
Rao, R., Kristinsson, K. (2008),
Interactive Learning or Technology
Transfer as a way to Catch-Up?
Analysing the Wind Energy Sectors
in Denmark and India, Industry and
Innovation, vol. 15, no. 3, pp 297-320.
Roehrich, J., Lewis, M.A. (2009),
Contracts, Relationships and
Integration: Towards a Model of the
Procurement of Complex Performance,
International Journal of Procurement
Management ,Vol. 2, No. 2,
pp 125-142.
Roehrich, J., Parry, G. (2009),
Strategic Outsourcing of Core
Competencies in the Automotive
Industry: Threat or Opportunity?
International Journal of Automotive
Technology and Management,
vol. 9, no.1, pp 40-53.
Roehrich, J., Zheng, J., Lewis, M.A.
(2008), The Dynamics of Contractual
and Relational Governance: Evidence
from Long-Term Public-Private
Procurement Arrangements, Journal of
Purchasing and Supply Management,
vol. 14, no. 1, pp 43-54.
Ebersberger, B., Marsili, O.,
Reichstein, T., Salter, A. (2008),
Fortune Favours the Brave: The
Distribution of Innovative Returns in
UK, Finland and the Netherlands,
Structural Change and Economic
Dynamics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp 357-362.
Reichstein, T., Salter A., Gann, D.
(2008), Break on Through: the
Sources and Determinants of Product
and Process Innovation Among UK
Construction Firms, Industry and
Innovation, vol. 15, no. 6, pp 601-625.
Sapsed, J., Salter A. (2008), The
Extraction of Manufacturing Capability:
the Case of Sophisticated Transferee,
International Journal of Technology
Management, vol. 44, no. 3/4,
pp 391-405.
Stacey, P., Nandhakumar, J.,
Brown, A. (2008), Making Sense
of Sensemaking Narratives,
Human Relations, vol. 61, no. 8,
pp 1035–1062.
Stacey, P., Nandhakumar, J.
(2008), Opening Up to Agile Games
Development, Communications of the
ACM, vol. 51, no. 12, pp 143-146.
Tether, B., Tajar, A. (2008), The
Organisational-Cooperation Mode
of Innovation and its Prominence
Amongst European Service Firms,
Research Policy, vol. 37, no. 4,
pp 720-739.
Tether, B., Tajar, A. (2008), Beyond
Industry-University Links: Sourcing
Knowledge for Innovation From
Consultants, Private Research
Organisations and the Public
Science-Base, Research Policy,
vol. 37, no. 6/7, pp 1076-1095.
Major reports
Bosma, N., Acs, Z., Autio, E.,
Levie, J. (2009), Global
Entrepreneurship Monitor 2008
Executive Report, GERA, London.
Bessant, J., Von Stamm, B., et
al. (2009), Meeting the Selection
Challenge, Advanced Institute
of Management, AIM Executive
Briefing, London.
D’Este, P., Salter, A., Bruneel, J.,
Neely, A. (2009), Searching for
Talent and Technology: Examining
the Attitudes of EPSRC Industrial
Collaborators Towards Universities,
Advanced Institute of Management.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group Annual Review 2008/09 34
Dr Paola Criscuolo was awarded
the Best Paper Award for The elixir
or burden of youth? Exploring
differences between start-ups and
established firms for innovation,
presented at the Academy of
Management Conference, California,
August 2008.
Dr Andrew Davies was appointed
Innovator-in-residence at UQ Business
School, University of Queensland,
October 2008.
Prof Gerry George was co-Chair
of the faculty consortium for the
Strategic Management Society’s
India Special Conference on
Strategic Innovation at the Indian
School of Business at Hyderabad,
December 2008.
Dr Jens Roehrich was a member
of the scientific committee, co-Chair
and facilitator of the stream Buying
and Selling Complex Performance,
Groningen, the Netherlands,
June 2008.
Dr Ammon Salter was granted a
Visiting Professorship at Paris II
Panthéon-Assas, May 2008.
Dr Oliver Alexy appeared in the
Best Paper Proceedings of the 67th
Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management for his article Putting
a value on openness: the effect of
product source code releases on the
market value of firms (abridged) in
Solomon, G.T. (Ed.).
Dr Anna Canato won the award
for best presentation at the XV
Organization Science Winter
Conference in Steamboat, Colorado,
February 2009, for her paper Do
organisations dream of electric
sheep? A model of routines change
through identity adaptation (joint
with Stefano Brusoni).
Dr Ammon Salter and Prof
Bart Clarysse were recognised
by the International Association
of Management of Technology
(IAMOT) as 2 of the top 50 authors
on technology and innovation
management over the last 5 years.
Dr Paola Criscuolo was awarded
the Best Paper Award for The impact
of internationalisation of research on
firm market value, presented at the
Academy of International Business
Conference, Milan, July 2008.
Honours
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Photo: Neville Miles Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group Annual Review 2008/09 36
Alexy, O., Open and Closed Innovation
in Information and Communication
Technologies: The Case of Open
Source Software Development,
Workshop on Open Innovation in
Services, Cambridge, December 2008.
Alexy, O., Norms, Rewards, and their
Effect on Motivation, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Alexy, O., Putting a Value on
Openness: The Effect of Product
Source Code Releases on the
Market Value of Firms, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Autio, E., Keynote speech:
High-Growth Entrepreneurship:
Determinants and Consequences,
Lille International Entrepreneurship Day,
Lille, France, September 2008.
Autio, E., Keynote speech: How
to Build Successful Spin-Offs: The
‘Why’, ‘How’ and ‘Which Way’ of Spin-
Off Growth, Heidelberg Innovation
Forum, Germany, November 2008.
Autio, E., Keynote speech: Contextual
Effects on Entrepreneurial Growth
Orientation: A Multi-Level Model,
DRUID Winter Conference, Aalborg,
Denmark, January 2009.
Autio, E., Does Entrepreneurship
Matter? Types of Entrepreneurship
and Economic Growth, Babson
Entrepreneurship Conference,
North Carolina, USA, June 2008.
Autio, E., Acs, Z., Contextual
Influences on Entrepreneurial
Behaviours, Erasmus Research
Workshop, Rotterdam,
November 2008.
Autio, E., Frederiksen, L.,
Dahlander, L., User Entrepreneurship
in Online Communities: Lead Userness,
Agenda Shaping and Social Standing,
Academy of Management Conference,
Anaheim, California, August 2008.
Autio, E., Tilting the Playing Field:
Towards a Theory of Endogenous
Action, Academy of Management
Conference, Anaheim, California,
August 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech: Dealing
with Discontinuity, Discontinuous
Innovation Lab Conference, Grenoble,
France, October 2008.
Bessant, J., Dealing with
Discontinuity, Irish Management
Institute annual conference,
Dublin, April 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech: New
Challenges in Managing Innovation,
ISPIM 6th Annual Conference,
Tours, France, June 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech:
Managing Knowledge Spaghetti, 14th
Technology Management Symposium,
Cambridge, September 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech:
Meeting the Innovation Challenge,
IChemEng annual meeting, NEC,
October 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech:
Meeting the Open Innovation
Challenge, 2nd International
Consulting Engineers Forum,
Vienna, Austria, November 2008.
Bessant, J., Meeting the Innovation
Challenge, Managing Value Creation,
Innovation Value Institute/Intel,
Maynooth, Ireland, May 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech: Making
Sense of Innovation, International
Association of Consulting Engineers
Annual Conference, Vienna, Austria,
November 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech:
Developing Absorptive Capacity
in SMEs, Innovation in Primary
Industries, University of New England,
Armidale, Australia, June 2008.
Bessant, J., Keynote speech:
Developing Innovation Capability,
Meeting the Innovation Challenge
in Primary Industries, Department
of Primary Industries, Brisbane,
Australia, June 2008.
Bessant, J., Selection Strategies
for Radical Innovation, 8th CINET
Conference, Valencia, Spain, 2008.
Bessant, J., Selection Decisions
for Radical Innovation, European
Academy of Management, Ljubjlana,
Slovenia, May 2008.
Conferences
37
Bessant, J., Using Learning Networks
as an Aid to Innovation, Inside the
Innovation Matrix, Australian Business
Foundation, Sydney, Australia, 2008.
Bessant, J., Managing Innovation,
Civil Service Live, Queen Elizabeth 2
Conference Centre, London,
April 2008.
Bessant, J., Managing Innovation
in Public Sector Organizations,
Workshop – Whitehall Innovation Hub,
London, November 2008.
Clarysse, B., Keynote speech:
Innovations and Restructuring in
the Water Business, Innovation
Conference, Amsterdam,
September 2008.
Clarysse, B., Keynote speech:
The Challenges of Telecom
Operators, Belgacom Innovation
Day, Brussels, September 2008.
Clarysse, B., The Role of
Technology Transfer Operators in
the New Economy, Prime, Paris,
September 2008.
Criscuolo, P., The Impact of
Internationalisation of Research
on Firm Market Value, Academy of
International Business Conference,
Milan, July 2008.
Criscuolo, P., Salter, A.,
Dahlander, L., The Elixir or Burden
of Youth? Exploring Differences
between Start-Ups and Established
Firms for Innovation, selected for
Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Criscuolo, P., The Impact of
Internationalisation of Research
on Firm Market Value, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Dattée, B., Keynote speech: Patterns
of Technological Substitution, BT
Mobile Wireless Strategy Symposium,
Cambridge University, Pembroke
College, July 2008.
Dattée, B., Evaluating the System-
Wide Dynamics of the Unscheduled
Care Collaborative Programme in
Scotland, The Society for Acute
Medicine Conference, London,
September 2008.
Dattée, B., Evaluating the System-
Wide Dynamics of the Unscheduled
Care Collaborative Programme in
Scotland, Academy Health Annual
Research Meeting, Washington DC,
USA, June 2008.
Dattée, B., Technological Substitution
and Temporary Advantage, Academy
of Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Dattée, B., Complexity, Programme
Structure, and Whole-System Change,
HaCIRIC International Symposium,
London, April 2008.
Davies, A., Keynote speech: The
Shift to Solutions: Organisational
Learning Capability Development
and Coporation Transformation,
Advanced International Summer
School on ‘Managing Uncertainty
and Competition through Dynamic
Learning Networks’, Ostuni, Italy,
July 2008.
Davies, A., Integrated Solutions,
Firm Capabilities and Industrial
Transformation, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Davies, A., Understanding the Project
Organisation of Innovation, Academy
of Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Davies, A., Discussant, Symposium,
Towards a Project-Based View of
Innovation and Strategy: Moving
Beyond Project, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, 2008, Organisers Täube, F.,
Frederiksen, L.
Davies, A., The Shift to Integrated
Solutions, Standing Conference
of Manufacturing Professors, The
National Liberal Club, London,
July 2008.
Gann, D., Speaker at Innovation
Island: How can the UK Achieve
Competitive Advantage?, London,
February 2009.
Gann, D., Keynote speech: Connect
to Innovate, Australian Business
Foundation Annual Meeting,
Sydney, November 2008.
Gann, D., Keynote speech:
Connect to Innovate, Enterprise
Ireland Innovation Forum, Dublin,
September 2008.
Gann, D., Panellist: Innovation
Discussion, Annual Conference of
the ITA, Imperial College, London,
September 2008.
George, G., Panellist: Role of IP
in Knowledge Transfer, London
Technology Network, with Mike Hoard
(Head, UCL Biochemical Engineering)
and Phil Treleaven (Pro-Provost, UCL),
June 2008.
George, G., Panellist: Publishing in
the Innovation Journals, AIM Capacity
Building Workshop, University of
Sussex, UK, June 2008.
Ozaki, R., Adopting Green Electricity
Product: Consumers’ Environmental
Beliefs, Attitudes and Behavioural
Intentions, International Sociological
Association Forum, Barcelona,
September 2008.
Ozaki, R., Introducing New
Technologies into the Workplace: The
Impacts on Employee Well-Being,
International Sociological Association
Forum, Barcelona, September 2008.
Perkmann, M., Acha, V., Organiser:
Professional Development
Workshop (PDW): Research on
Universities: Studying Knowledge-
Creating Collaboration, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Perkmann, M., Sub-Stream
Organiser: Organising Innovation
by Collaborating. Exploring Inter-
Organisational Relationships
for Research and Technology
Development, EGOS, Amsterdam,
July 2008.
Perkmann, M., Picking your
Partners: Effects of Faculty Quality
on University-Industry Relationships,
Bartlett School of Planning seminar,
University College London, June 2008
Roehrich, J., Keynote speech:
The Dynamics of Contractual and
Relational governance: Evidence from
Long-Term Public-Private Partnerships
in the UK, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), USA, October 2008.
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Roehrich, J., Keynote speech:
The Dynamics of Contractual and
Relational Governance: Evidence
from Complex, Long-Term UK Public-
Private Partnerships, University of
Manchester, UK, June 2008.
Roehrich, J., Procuring Complex
Performance: PFI and T5 Compared,
European Operations Management
Association, EurOMA2008, 15th
Annual Conference, Groningen, The
Netherlands, June 2008.
Roehrich, J., Innovation within
Complex Product-Service Healthcare
Systems: A Case of PFI and
Contestable Markets in the UK, Health
and Care Infrastructure Research
and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC);
Symposium 2008 ‘Redefining
healthcare infrastructure: Integrating
services, technologies and the
built environment’, Imperial College
London, April 2008.
Roehrich, J., The Dynamics
of Contractual and Relational
Governance: Evidence from Long-
Term Public-Private Procurement
Arrangements, Knowledge &
Information Management through
Life (KIM) Project Conference 2008,
Birmingham, UK, April 2008.
Salter, A., Keynote speech:
Technological Innovation, Unicom
Conference on Innovation, London,
September 2008.
Salter, A., Outside In, Inside Out:
The Impact of Intra and Inter-
Organizational Ties and Knowledge
Heterogeneity on Innovative Status,
HEC, Paris, November, 2008.
Salter, A., Outside In, Inside Out:
The Impact of Intra and Inter-
Organizational Ties and Knowledge
Heterogeneity on Innovative Status,
Centre for Innovation Research,
University of Tilberg, The Netherlands,
January 2009.
Salter, A., Outside In, Inside Out:
The Impact of Intra and Inter-
Organizational Ties and Knowledge
Heterogeneity on Innovative Status,
Workshop on Internal and External
Search, Copenhagen Business
School, October 2008.
Salter A., In the Know: Geographic
Proximity and University-Industry
Interaction in the UK, DRUID Summer
Conference, Copenhagen, June, 2008.
Salter, A., The Origins of Radical
Innovations: An Analysis of the
Finnish Innovation Database, Paris-II
Pantheon-Assis, May 2008.
Salter A., In the Know: Geographic
Proximity and University-Industry
Interaction in the UK, Innovation and
Productivity Grand Challenge (IPGC)
workshop, London, April 2008.
Salter A., The Elixir or Burden of
Youth? Exploring Differences among
Start-Ups and Established Firms
in Innovation Behaviour, London
Business School, October 2008.
Stacey, P., Dealing with Technical
Challenges in Mobile Computer
Game Development, Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim,
California, August 2008.
Tartari, V., Set them Free: Scientists’
Perceptions of Benefits and Costs
of University-Industry Collaboration,
DRUID Winter PhD Conference,
Aalborg, Denmark, January 2009.
Tartari, V., Mr. Woodcroft and the
Value of English Patents 1617-1841,
Social Science History Association
Conference, Miami, USA,
October 2008.
Tartari, V., Mr. Woodcroft and the
Value of English Patents 1617-1841,
FRESH meeting, Strasbourg, France,
November 2008.
Tether, B., Riders of the Storm:
Versatile Capabilities and Survival
Strategies in the UK Industrial
Design Consulting Sector, 25th
DRUID Celebration Conference
‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation’,
Copenhagen, June 2008.
Tether, B., Design, Designers and
Innovation, European Commission
workshop on Developing a Design
Policy for Europe, Marseilles,
France, June 2008.
Tether, B., Skills and Innovation:
Research Reflections and an Initiative,
German Government / OECD
Workshop on Human Capital and
Innovation, Bad Hannof, Germany,
November 2008.
Tether, B., Invited Chair: The
Performance Implications of
Innovation in Services, Six Countries
Workshop on Non-Technological
Innovation on Impacts of Service
Innovation, Karlsruhe, Germany,
October 2008.
Tether, B., Design London: a Multi-
Disciplinary Initiative, Helsinki Design
Lab, Helsinki, Finland, June 2008.
Van de Velde, E., Policy Implications
of Open Innovation. European
Perspective on Innovation and Policy,
VISION ERANET, Stockholm, Sweden,
April 2008.
Van de Velde, E., Open Innovation
Continues, IWT, Brussels, Belgium,
May 2008.
Van de Velde, E., The Technology
Endowments of Spin-off Companies,
Academy of Management conference,
Anaheim, California, August 2008.
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I&E Group Who’s Who
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01. Dr Oliver Alexy Oliver is a
Research Associate, working
with Ammon Salter and Paola
Criscuolo on empirical studies of
open and distributed innovation
processes. His PhD was
completed at TUM Business
School, Technical University
of Munich, with a dissertation
analysing whether and how firms
benefit from freely revealing their
Intellectual Property. He also
spent several months at Harvard
Business School working with
Prof Karim Lakhani.
02. Prof Erkko Autio Erkko is
the QinetiQ-EPSRC Chair
in Technology Transfer and
Entrepreneurship. His research
focuses on technology venturing,
knowledge transfer, new venture
internationalisation and high-
growth entrepreneurship. He
has published articles in leading
academic journals, and he and
his PhD students have received
numerous international awards
for research excellence. He has
held non-executive directorships
in technology-based ventures
and venture capital funds, has
consulted widely with industry
and government in Europe and
Asia, and held academic positions
in Helsinki, London, Geneva,
Lausanne and Bangkok.
03. Dr Elif Bascavusoglu-Moreau
Elif is a Research Associate
working on an ESRC Project on
open innovation and servicisation
strategies. She completed her
PhD in international economics at
the University of Paris I Panthéon-
Sorbonne, with a dissertation
on the evaluation of knowledge
spillovers to emerging countries.
She has also worked as a post-
doctoral research fellow at the
Innovation, Knowledge and
Development (IKD) Centre at
the Open University.
04. Prof John Bessant John is the
Chair in Innovation Management
at Imperial College and is
co-Director of the Innovation and
Productivity Grand Challenge. He
has served twice on the Business
and Management panel of the
Research Assessment Exercise,
was awarded a Fellowship
with the Advanced Institute
for Management Research in
2003 and was also elected a
Fellow of the British Academy
of Management. His research
interests include the management
of discontinuous innovation,
strategies for developing high
involvement innovation and
the use of learning networks to
facilitate diffusion of innovation.
He is the author of 15 books and
many articles and has lectured
and consulted widely around
the world.
05. Annelies Bobelyn Annelies
joined the Group in January
2009 as a Research Assistant.
She combines this position with
an I.C.M. scholarship for her
PhD on technology acquisitions.
Annelies obtained her Masters in
Applied Economics from Ghent
University, and her thesis on the
impact of venture capital on the
growth of early stage high-tech
companies was rewarded with the
BVA essay award. Immediately
after graduating, she joined
the research team of Prof Bart
Clarysse. She is the author and
co-author of three book chapters
on technology acquisitions in
Flanders. Her main research
interests concern corporate
entrepreneurship, technology
acquisitions and the valuation
of technology and high-tech
start-ups.
06. Dr Johan Bruneel Johan
is a Teaching Fellow in
Entrepreneurship. He studied
an MSc in Industrial Sciences
at the KHBO in Ostend and
completed his education at
Ghent University where he
followed a Masters degree in
Business Economics. Since
2005, Johan has been working
towards a PhD in Management
Science with an ICM fellowship.
Using organisational learning and
social capital theory, he studies
the internationalisation of young,
technology-based firms.
07. Dr Anna Canato Anna is a
Research Associate at the
Innovation Studies Centre,
working with Dr Andrew Davies
and Dr Annabelle Gawer on an
ESRC-funded project. Her main
research interest is how innovative
organisations manage periods of
significant transformation, and
how organisational practices and
company culture co-evolve during
the process. Anna completed her
PhD thesis in Management at
Bocconi University, Milan, in April
2008. The title of her dissertation
was Exploring the interactions
between organisational identity
and organisational routines, and
her fellowship was sponsored by
3M Italy.
08. Bruno Cotta Bruno is a Visiting
Fellow, contributing to the
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Design teaching programme.
He specialises in building and
coaching multidisciplinary teams,
working with business case
projects drawn from Imperial
Innovations and Imperial College,
InnovationRCA and the Royal
College of Art, as well as other
organisational partners in industry,
commerce and healthcare. Bruno
has over 20 years’ experience,
including research, design,
development, business modelling,
strategy and planning. He holds
an MBA from the Business School
and is a founding member of the
School’s Alumni Advisory Board.
09. Prof Bart Clarysse Bart is the
Chair in Entrepreneurship and
Director of the Entrepreneurship
Hub. His research includes
the analysis of the acquisition
decisions of established
companies entering new
technological domains or adjacent
markets. He has written over 50
publications in the field of high
tech start-ups and managing
growth and has been an executive
teacher for several multinationals
in corporate venturing and
innovative turnaround strategies.
He is also a founder of several
high tech start-ups in businesses
such as digital cinema, mobile
internet and venture incubation.
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10. Dr Paola Criscuolo Paola is a
Lecturer at the Innovation Studies
Centre. She joined the Business
School in October 2004 as a
Research Associate working with
Ammon Salter on an EPSRC
funded research project analysing
the evolution of networks and
capabilities in engineering
consulting firms ARUP and Atkins.
Her main research interests
are R&D internationalisation,
knowledge management,
knowledge integration,
methodological issues related
to patents and patent citation
analysis, and social network
analysis. She has worked on
several international collaborative
projects, published six articles
in refereed journals and several
working papers, and has
presented her work on numerous
occasions at conferences.
11. Dr Brice Dattee Brice is a
Research Associate at the
Innovation Studies Centre.
His research interests include
technology strategy, the diffusion
of innovations, social dynamics
and technological substitutions.
His current research project is
investigating the dynamics of
change and innovation in large,
complex systems, especially
healthcare. Brice holds a PhD
in Management of Technology
from University College Dublin
and Ecole Centrale Paris (joint
degree). Throughout his doctoral
research, he spent several months
at the MIT Sloan School of
Management. He also holds an
MA in Management from Ecole
Centrale Paris and has consulted
for several blue chip companies
in Ireland on simulation projects
for manufacturing systems in
electronics, computers and
pharmaceutical, etc.
12. Dr Andrew Davies Andrew
is a co-director of the EPSRC
Innovation Studies Centre,
theme leader of research on
Project Business and a Reader
in Innovation Management. His
research covers a wide range
of topics such as organisational
capabilities, systems integration,
integrated solutions, business
models and innovation in
megaprojects. He has published
numerous articles in leading
journals and has edited and
authored several books. Prior
to joining Imperial College, he
was Deputy Director of the
ESRC CoPS Innovation Centre
and 'Innovator-in-residence' at
the Technology and Innovation
Management Centre, Queensland
University. Andrew consults
with large private and public
organisations such as the
Highways Agency, RWS (Dutch
highways and water agency),
BT Global Services, and Ericsson
and provides policy advice to
the OECD, European Commission
and government agencies
internationally.
13. Prof Ciaran Driver Ciaran is
Professor of Economics at the
Business School. His main
research interests are capital
investment and other forward
commitments under risk,
and the theory of corporate
governance applied to forward
commitments. He has published
numerous articles in leading
journals and has edited and
authored several books. Previous
posts have included economic
advice on employment and
investment policy at the National
Economic Development Office,
and consultancies to a range
of organisations, including the
EC and DTI. He is an external
associate of the Centre for
Econometric Analysis, Cass
Business School London and
a consultant professor at
Syracuse University.
14. Dr Lars Frederiksen Lars
is an Assistant Professor in
Innovation Management. His
research focuses on innovation
management, organisational
theory and entrepreneurship.
His specific interests include
new forms of communities for
innovation, distributed innovation,
business model innovation and
the emergence of agile delivery
models. He is currently involved
in research projects examining
innovation in the energy, water,
and construction industries.
Lars is part of the BP-sponsored
multidisciplinary project ‘Urban
Energy Systems’ and works
on knowledge integration and
transfer, social networks and
capability emergence through
mega-projects. Lars teaches
innovation management
and project management at
undergraduate and postgraduate
level, and is undertaking various
consultancy projects.
15. Prof David Gann David holds
the Chair in Innovation and
Technology Management at the
Business School and Department
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College
London and founded the College’s
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Group. A Chartered Civil Engineer
with a PhD in Innovation Studies,
he previously held the Royal
Academy of Engineering Chair
in Innovative Manufacturing
at Sussex University. He has
experience in industry, starting
new businesses and advising
on government policy and is
responsible for innovation strategy
at Laing O’Rourke plc. He
co-founded Think Play Do Group,
an Imperial College spin-out
specialising in innovation strategy
and management. He was
innovation advisor to Computer
Science Corporation, and advisor
to the Deputy Prime Minister’s
Construction Taskforce. He has
participated in eleven Department
of Trade and Industry science and
technology expert missions to
Japan, US and Europe.
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16. Prof Gerry George Gerry is
Professor of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship and Director
of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre.
He serves on the boards of
high technology companies
and is engaged in guiding
startups and large companies
on technology venturing and
entrepreneurship. His Advanced
Institute of Management (AIM)
fellowship supports his research
on entrepreneurship and
technology commercialisation
in the UK and elsewhere. His
current research focuses on
'innovation in infrastructure' in the
areas of healthcare, energy, and
urban development, comparing
innovation and entrepreneurship
in Indian infrastructure with global
best practices.
17. Ratika Jain Ratika is the Chief
Operating Officer of the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre. Her role is to help
develop the Centre’s strategic
direction, collaborations and
work programme. She also
provides leadership for the
Centre's Research-in-Practice
initiative. Prior to joining Imperial
College, Ratika was the Director
and Head of the UK operations
of the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), based in London.
An economist by training, she has
a keen interest in geopolitical,
international trade policy and
technology issues, and has
participated in a number of
WTO Ministerial meetings.
18. Sabrina Kiefer Sabrina is
Venture Coach and Business Plan
Manager for the Entrepreneurship
Hub, in charge of creating and
maintaining the online learning
resource for the Innovation,
Entrepreneurship and Design
Projects module of the MBA
programme, managing the
accompanying coaching
programme, and organising the
IED Best Practice seminar series.
She joined the Business School in
2005 as Manager of the Imperial
College Entrepreneurs' Challenge.
Before that, Sabrina has worked
for the Associated Press,
Business Week Magazine and the
Financial Times. She holds a BA
from Sarah Lawrence College in
New York, and a Postgraduate
Diploma in Financial Management
from the ACCA.
19. Dr Ritsuko Ozaki Ritsuko is a
Senior Research Fellow in the
Innovation Studies Centre and
a Visiting Fellow in the Institute
of Industrial Science, University
of Tokyo. Her research area is
the adoption and consumption
of innovations, in particular,
consumer adoption behaviour
from the perspective of
consumption and lifestyles. Her
main research project investigates
the consumer uptake of pro-
environmental technologies
(funded by the BP Urban Energy
Systems project and EPSRC
ISC – Innovation Studies Centre).
Currently, she is collaborating
with Toyota GB and Southern
Housing Group.
20. Dr Markus Perkmann Markus
is a Senior Research Fellow at
the Business School, as well as
a Management Practices Fellow
at the Advanced Institute of
Management Research (AIM).
His research investigates how
firms innovate by engaging with
open communities, such as
academic researchers. Markus'
wider research interests include
university-industry relations and
technology transfer, institutional
entrepreneurship and the
formation of new management
practices. He also has a long-
standing interest in the study of
regional economies, including
regional innovation and
competitiveness, and global-
regional-local links.
21. Dr Rekha Rao Rekha joined
the Innovation Studies Centre
in March 2008 as a Research
Associate within the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre. She has a
Masters in Software Engineering
and a PhD in Economics and
Management from the Sant Anna
School of Advanced Studies,
and had previously pursued a
Bachelor’s degree in Electronics
& Telecommunication Engineering
from the University of Mumbai.
Rekha’s research interests
are economics of innovation,
management of technological
innovation and subsequent
corporate performance; in
particular, the strategies and
performance of SMEs in high-tech
sectors. Rekha has published
in several reputed journals, such
as Research Policy, and Industry
and Innovation.
22. Dr Jens Roehrich Jens works
on projects in the Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group, and
in the Healthcare Management
Group. Prior to joining Imperial
College, he was a doctoral
researcher at the Centre for
Research in Strategic Purchasing
and Supply (CRiSPS), University
of Bath. Jens holds an MSc in
Operations Management from the
University of Bath and a Master’s
degree in Industrial Engineering.
His research relates to the role
of business models in delivering
and stimulating innovation in
infrastructure projects with a
special focus on the water,
energy and healthcare sectors.
23. Dr Ammon Salter Ammon is
the Research Director of the UK
Innovation Research Centre,
co-Director of the Innovation
Studies Centre, and a Reader in
Innovation Management. After
finishing his doctorate in 1999,
he worked at Science Policy
Research Unit on a range of
projects for HM Treasury, the
Department of Trade and Industry
and the Ove Arup Foundation,
as well as the EPSRC and
ESRC. In 2005, he was awarded
the Advanced Institute of
Management Research Ghoshal
Fellowship. He has published
over 20 refereed journal articles
and co-authored three books,
including The Management of
Technological Innovation and
Think, Play, Do: Technology,
Innovation, and Organization. His
research interests are university-
industry links, and the sources
and determinants of innovation
and networks.
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24. Dr Keith Smith Keith is Senior
Research Fellow in the I&E
Group, as well as Head of
Science and Innovation Analysis
at the Department of Innovation,
Universities and Skills in London,
and Adjunct Professor at the
Centre for Technology and
Culture, University of Oslo. He has
consulted extensively on policy
issues for national governments
and international organisations
such as the OECD and the
European Commission, and
served on government
policy commissions in several
countries. He works on the
nature of innovation processes,
innovation systems theories,
innovation in low-technology
and resource-based industries,
and on innovation statistics
and indicators, and has
published extensively.
25. Dr Patrick Stacey Patrick
joined the Group as a Research
Associate in January 2008. His
research project, Sensemaking
and the Co-design of Service
Systems, investigates the socio-
technical dynamics of co-creating
sense in multidisciplinary service-
system design. He has worked as
a Research Associate at Warwick
Business School (WBS), leading a
pump-priming research project to
understand the conceptualisation
and design of violent computer
games. He also gave guest
lectures on information and
systems management, as well as
innovation and corporate social
responsibility in a computer
games context; he remains a
visiting academic at WBS.
26. Dr Ileana Stigliani Ileana
joined Design London in March
2009, after completing her PhD
in Business Administration
and Management at Bocconi
University, Milan. Prior to
joining Design London, she
worked for six years for the
Management department of
Bocconi University, and for the
Strategic and Entrepreneurial
Management department of SDA
Bocconi School of Management.
Here she worked as a teaching
assistant and junior lecturer for
undergraduate, graduate, and
Masters courses on competitive
strategy, corporate strategy, and
design management. Ileana’s
research covers the role of
artefacts in designers’ creative
processes, designers’ aesthetic
knowledge and knowing, and the
collaborations between business
firms and design consultancies.
27. Valentina Tartari Valentina is a
Research Assistant. She joined
the Doctoral Programme in
June 2008, and her PhD thesis
analyses how knowledge is
transferred from academia to the
private sector and the motivations
of academic researchers to
engage in collaborative projects
with industrial partners. Valentina
completed a Master of Science
degree with first class honours in
October 2007 in Economics and
Management of New Technologies
from Bocconi University,
specialising in the economics of
scientific knowledge. She spent
several months as a stagiaire at
UN offices in Geneva and at the
DG Research of the European
Commission in Brussels.
28. Anne ter Wal Anne joined the
I&E Group in April 2009, where
he works with Ammon Salter and
Paola Criscuolo. His research
is on the role of inter- and intra-
organisational networks in the
innovation process, addressing
how new knowledge and ideas
accessed through these networks
are transformed into novel
products and services. Prior to
joining Imperial College, Anne
was a doctoral researcher at
the Department of Economic
Geography at Utrecht University.
His doctoral thesis is titled
The structure and dynamics of
knowledge networks: a proximity
approach. Chapters from this
thesis have been published in
peer-reviewed journals such
as Industry and Innovation,
Regional Studies and Annals
of Regional Science.
29. Prof Bruce Tether Bruce
is Professor of Design and
Innovation at the Business
School, and the Research Director
of Design London. He is a Fellow
of the UK’s Advanced Institute
of Management Research and
an executive board member
of the UK Innovation Research
Centre at the University of
Cambridge and Imperial College.
Bruce leads a team of inter-
disciplinary researchers focused
on two things: service innovation,
especially the development of
service systems; and the evolution
of professional service firms
in design and engineering. He
holds a doctorate in science
and technology policy studies
and a first class Bachelor’s
degree in geography.
30. Dr Els Van de Velde Els is
a Research Associate at the
Innovation Studies Centre. She
graduated as a civil engineer and
obtained her PhD in Innovation
Management at Ghent University,
where her doctoral research
focused on the performance
of corporate spin-offs and the
implications for their technology
strategy. During her PhD,
Els was a visiting scholar at
Babson College (Boston) and
the University of Minnesota
(Minneapolis). Since then, she
has been involved in several
projects on Open Innovation as a
researcher and OECD consultant.
Currently, she is continuing her
work on technological innovation
and value creation at Imperial.
31. Dr Karl Wennberg Karl is
a Research Associate. He
completed his PhD in 2009 at the
Stockholm School of Economics,
investigating the growth and
survival of knowledge-intensive
consulting firms. He is now
working with Design London on
a project tracking the evolution
and competitive strategies of UK
consulting firms over 30 years.
His work has appeared in Journal
of Business Venturing, Journal of
Evolutionary Economics, Small
Business Economics and other
journals. He acts as an advisor on
entrepreneurship for start-ups and
public policy makers.
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One Year in the Life of the Group
April 2008
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Web 3.0:
Materialising the
Conceptual Worlds
of the Mind’.
Irving Wladawsky-
Berger, Chairman
Emeritus IBM
Academy of Science
with John Maybury,
Film Director, and
Nigel Coates,
Architect, Author
and Designer.
Imperial College
Business School
Research Festival.
May 2008
The Inaugural
Conversations with
India Event. ‘How
will Collaborative
Networks Unlock
India’s Next
Millennia of
Technological
Innovation?’.
Dr Sam Pitroda,
Chairman, Knowledge
Commission, India.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Altered
States: The Macro
Scale Impact
of Nano-Scale
Technologies’.
Prof Tony Cass,
Research Director
Bionanotechnology
Centre, Imperial
College London
and Gordon Clark,
National Physical
Laboratory.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Extreme
Design: From
Mini Cars to Mega
Yachts’.
Gert Volker
Hildebrand, Chief
Designer and Leader
of the BMW MINI
Design Studio in
Munich, Martin
Francis, Architect,
Engineer and Yacht
Designer. Moderated
by the BBC News
and Technology
Correspondent,
Rory Cellan-Jones.
Rajiv Gandhi Centre
Executive Education
Course for Senior
BP Executives
on Corporate
Venturing.
June 2008
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘Why the War for
Talent is Not the
Only Answer:
Team Stability and
Relational Intensity
as Determinants of
Team Performance’.
Prof Fabio Fonti.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Eco-Cities,
Entrepreneurship
and the Zero
Emission Challenge’.
Alejandro Gutierrez,
leader of the master
planning of four major
eco-cities across
China and other
international projects.
Nick Leon, Director of
Design London and
founding member of
Eco-cit. Moderated by
Rory Cellan-Jones.
July 2008
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘The Outsourcing
of Knowledge-
Based Services:
Professional
Expertise, Domain
Knowledge,
and Governance
Over Time’.
Prof Deepak Somaya.
Discontinuous
Innovation Lab
Workshop.
Speakers: P&G,
Unipart. ‘Eyes Wide
Shut: How NOT
to implement DI’.
August 2008
Symposium
session as Part
of the Academy
of Management
Conference,
Anaheim, USA.
September 2008
Presentation by
Prof David Gann
at Enterprise
Ireland Event in
Dublin. ‘Connect
to Innovate’.
Attended by Irish
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for
Enterprise, Trade
and Industry,
Mary Coughlan.
Conversations with
India: ‘Transforming
Healthcare Delivery’.
Venkat Changavalli,
CEO, Emergency
Management and
Research Institute
(EMRI), Prof Stephen
K Smith, Principal
of the Faculty of
Medicine, Imperial
College and Chief
Executive of Imperial
College Healthcare
NHS Trust, Sir Mark
Tully, former Chief of
Bureau, BBC India.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Better by
Design’.
In conversation with
Dick Powell, one of
Europe’s best-known
product designers.
October 2008
Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
visits Imperial
College Business
School to launch
the Government’s
response to the
credit crunch.
David Gann
questioned the PM on
the UK’s approach to
design, engineering
and services for global
markets. The PM
met members of the
Group, our industrial
partners, adjunct
professors and
students.
Inaugural Lecture:
Prof Erkko Autio.
‘High-Impact
Entrepreneurship:
Myths, Facts and
What We Should
Do About It’.
Imperial College
Business School
Distinguished
Guest Lecture.
Iain Conn, Executive
Director of the BP
Group. ‘The changing
face of energy
and the role of the
International Oil
Company’.
Launch of
Innovation,
Entrepreneurship
and Design (IED)
Module for the MBA,
led by Prof Bart
Clarysse.
Eco-cit Network
Workshop.
Tongji University,
Shanghai.
November 2008
Irving Wladawsky-
Berger, Adjunct
Professor, asked to
join President-elect
Barack Obama’s
transition team and
his innovation team.
Conversations
with India: ‘How
do Mergers and
Acquisitions Inspire
Innovation?’
R Gopalakrishnan,
Executive Director,
Tata Sons Ltd.,
Peter Marsh,
Manufacturing Editor,
The Financial Times.
IP and Open
Innovation workshop
with 3M, Canon, P&G,
Arup, Syngenta, Nokia,
GSK, ARM, IBM.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Turning
God-Games to
Good Business’.
Peter Molyneux, one
of the best-known
names in computer
games.
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘The Economics
of Non-Economic
Interactions Around
a Platform: An
Empirical Study of
On-Line Computer
Game Modding’.
Lars Bo Jeppesen,
Copenhagen
Business School.
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘Of Mice and
Academics:
Examining the Effect
of Openness on
Innovation’.
Fiona Murray, MIT.
Eco-cit Lecture
Series.
Alejandro Gutierrez,
Arup Leader of
Masterplanning,
on ‘Eco-cities,
entrepreneurship and
the zero emission
challenge’; and
Peter Head, Arup
Head of Planning,
on ‘The Eco-cities of
China, can they teach
us a lesson?’
December 2008
Design London
STIR Lecture. ‘From
Brunel to Wallace
and Gromit – The
Changing Face of the
British Engineering
Designer’.
Sir Christopher
Frayling, Rector of the
Royal College of Art.
Erkko Autio
invited to chair
an international
evaluation group
on Finnish national
innovation system.
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘Virtual Team
Organizing:
Co-evolution of
Structure and
Meaning in Software
Development’.
Martin Kilduff,
University of
Cambridge.
I&E External
Seminar Series.
Elisa Giuliani,
Università di Pisa.
January 2009
Publication of Global
Entrepreneurship
Monitor (GEM)
Global Report,
co-authored by
Prof Erkko Autio,
leader of the GEM
special focus
on high-growth
entrepreneurship.
Launch of AIM
Executive Briefing
on the Management
of Open Innovation
and IP.
Received widespread
press coverage.
Design London STIR
Lecture: ‘Financial
Meltdown? What’s
the Big Issue?’.
With Nigel Kershaw,
Chair of The Big
Issue Company,
Kresse Wesling,
an environmental
entrepreneur, and
Jonathan Robinson,
an anthropologist,
writer and
entrepreneur.
Prof Zoltan Acs
of George Mason
University joined
the Group as a
visitor for six
months to explore
links between
entrepreneurship
and economic
development.
Design London,
‘Market Connection:
Commercialising
Innovation’
Workshop for SMEs.
March 2009
Imperial College
Business School
Distinguished
Guest Lecture.
Linda Sanford, Senior
Vice President,
Enterprise on Demand
Transformation
and Information
Technology, IBM, to
celebrate International
Women’s Day:
‘Strategy for Leading
Meaningful Change’.
Launch event for
UK~IRC, hosted
by NESTA.
The runner-up in the
2008 Entrepreneurs’
Challenge
Competition,
called ‘The Pod’, now
‘Bee3 Pod’, features
in the BBC1 series
‘The Apprentice’ and
receives interest from
a major retail chain.
Conversations with
India: ‘The Global
Economic Turmoil
and Prospects for
the India Growth
Story’. Mr Sudip
Banerjee, CEO,
Larsen & Toubro
Infotech.
Design London
event for London-
based SMEs owned
by women.
Design Connection
Women's Event:
‘Staying Creative in an
Economic Downturn’.
February 2009
Business School
Distinguished
Guest Lecture.
Baroness Denise
Kingsmill CBE,
‘Banking: New
Governance or
End of the Road for
Private Enterprise?’
Inaugural Lecture.
Prof Bart Clarysse.
‘High Tech
Entrepreneurs: What
is their Role in the
Economy?’
Update to HM
Treasury, BIS and the
Technology Strategy
Board on key findings
from IPGC’s work.
Launch of IED
Best Practice
Programme. ‘The
Promise of Intellectual
Capital: Creating
Financial Value from
IP’. Panellists Prof
Tom Hoehn, Imperial
College Business
School; Donal
O’Connell, Director
IPR, Nokia; Tony
Hadjiloucas, Director
Valuation and
Strategy, PwC.
Design London
STIR Lecture:
‘CROSS OVER: How
a New Approach
to Architecture is
Inspiring a New
Architecture for
Business’.
Prof Max Fordham
OBE, a pioneer of
green building;
Dr Irving Wladawsky-
Berger, Chairman
Emeritus, IBM
Academy of
Technology;
Prof David Gann.
I&E External
Seminar Series:
‘Architectural
Knowledge: How do
Cities Foster Innovative
Practice?’ Meric S.
Gertler, University
of Toronto.
David Gann spoke
at the Economist
Innovation
Island event on
‘Collaboration, the
Way Ahead?’
IrvingWladawsky-Berger,
April 2008
Dr Sam Pitroda,
May 2008
Gert Volker Hildebrand,
May 2008
Alejandro Gutierrez,
June 2008
Venkat Changavalli,
September 2008
Photo: Neville Miles
Dick Powell,
September 2008
Photo: Neville Miles
Iain Conn,
October 2008
Photo: Fergus Burnett
R Gopalakrishnan,
November 2008
Photo: Fergus Burnett
Baroness Kingsmill,
February 2009
Photo: Fergus Burnett
UK~IRC launch event,
March 2009
Linda Sanford,
March 2009
Photo: Neville Miles
Gordon Brown,
October 2008
Photo: Colin Whyman
One Year in the Life of the Group
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