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Video links

johnbessant — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:41:01 CST

Useful clips

This section contains a library of useful links to video clips - on Youtube, Google, etc. Please feel free to add your own useful links ...

To use this resource, explore the list below and click on the relevant links.

If it's your own video please let us know any special conditions about usage, where to find mroe information, etc.

Video link - URL etc	Brief description
Innovation at Google	Discusses innovation in the award winning Google organization
Creativity and Innovation: Larry Keeley	Part of Technology Management program at UC Santa Barbara
Ken Robinson on creativity	TED talk explaining his views on creativity and education
Xerox was promoting innovation a long time ago ..	Short recruitment talk stressing need for creativity
Driving innovation at Sun	Interviews with Sun engineers about making innovation happen
The myths of innovation	Scott Berkun of Google gives a Carnegie Mellon lecture
IBM innovation room - how not to do it!	IBM humorous commercial
Accelerating innovation - people, processes and technology	Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies, keynote speech in Brazil
A whole new mind	Dan Pink, author of 'A whole new mind'

Useful innovation links

johnbessant — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:17:38 CST

These are sites which offer resources, reports, newsfeeds and other helpful stuff. please add any which you find of value.

*Details of link*	*Link URL*
Managing Innovation website - this accompanies our textbook and offers a wide range of cases, tools and other resources to help teachers, students and others	www.managing-innovation.com
AIM Innovation Directory - a sort of 'Yellow pages' about who is working on innovation in the UK	AIM Innovation Directory
Imperial College Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group - large group of researchers working on projects in this area	Imperial College I&E Group
Centre for Research in Innovation Management - team working at the University of Brighton on various projects around IM. Links include tools and downloadable papers	CENTRIM
Innovation Leadership Forum	http://www.innovationleadershipforum.org/
ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management	ISPIM
Innovation Tools - regular newsletter with excellent links to topical innovation stories, cases, resources, etc.	Innovation Tools website
Knowledge at Wharton - publicises news and cases from research at Wharton School - includes several podcasts	Knowledge at Wharton
TED - rich resource of inspiring and interesting video clips from wide range of speakers.	TED

Forthcoming events

johnbessant — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:09:57 CST

Below is a list of forthcoming innovation management related events - click on them or contact the named person for more details.

Please add events which you know of and which might be of interest around the innovation management theme.

Date	Event	More details
January 29, 2009	PDMA UK/Ireland and Irish Management Institute, 'Innovation challenges in Ireland', Dublin	John Bessant (j.bessant@imperial.ac.uk)
February 11th, 2009	UK Discontinuous Innovation Lab meeting, London	John Bessant (j.bessant@imperial.ac.uk)
March 9, 2009	'Creating wealth from knowledge' - workshop as part of ESRC's Social Science Week, Imperial College, 18.00-19.30	John Bessant (j.bessant@imperial.ac.uk) Esme Foster [Esme.Foster@wbs.ac.uk]

March 17, 2009	Managing knowledge flows - the challenge of open innovation R&D Society , London, 14.00-17.00	Please contact John Bessant (j.bessant@imperial.ac.uk)
May 2009	Euram - European Academy of Management conference, Liverpool Bettina and I are chairing the Innovation track)	http://www.euram2009.org/HowToRegister.asp.
June 2009	ISPIM annual conference, Vienna, Austria	www.ispim.org/conference
June 30/July 1, 2009	Discontinuous Innovation Labs conference, London	Please contact John Bessant (j.bessant@imperial.ac.uk)
September 2009	CINET conference, Brisbane, Australia	http://www.continuous-innovation.netl

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johnbessant — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:21:47 CDT

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Recent research publications

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:13:47 CDT

Here's some recent stuff which you are welcome to download and explore ..... and please add to it

Publication/ report

Where to get it ...

New AIM Report launched on UK Innovation drawing on research to date

AIM

'12 search strategies which could save your organization' - AIM report on Discontinuous Innovation Laboratory work around search strategies

Advanced Institute for Management Research (AIM) Executive Briefings

'Intelligent design' - AIM report on design and innovation

Advanced Institute for Management Research (AIM) Executive Briefings

Beyond the lamp-post - paper presented at 2007 EURAM conference , Paris

See 'Attachments' section below

'Managing service innovation' - report to the UK Department of Trade and Industry

Innovation in services

'Dealing with discontinuity' - AIM report on managing discontinuous innovation

Advanced Institute for Management Research (AIM) Executive Briefings

Co-evolution of new services via stakeholder innovation -paper presented at 2007 EURAM conference , Paris

See 'Attachments' section below

Finding, Forming, and Performing: Creating Networks for Discontinuous Innovation
Birkinshaw, Julian , John Bessant, and Rick Delbridge
California Management Review, June 2007

California Management Review

For abstract see 'attachments' below

The library

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:53:07 CDT

The idea here is to create a shared set of resources which might be useful - key books, articles, websites, etc. - in exploring innovation management. In some cases we can put a copy on the 'shelf', in others we can write an abstract and give an idea of where people can find the piece. Please feel free to add your own work or favourites - and give us an idea of why these might be of interest.

Resource	Why it's of interest	How to get hold of it
John Bessant various writings	Reports on my research and thinking over the past 25 years	More details and full listing, downloads, etc - click here
Key papers around the theme of 'Sources of innovation'	Mini-library of 'classic' articles dealing with where innovations come from and how organizations search for them	Via library, online bibliographic services, etc.
Key papers around the theme of 'Discontinuous innovation'	Mini-library of articles around the DI theme	Via library, online bibliographic services, etc.
Case library	Library of case studies dealing innovation management issues of various kinds and in various country and sector contexts	Via 'Managing innovation' website , European Case Clearing House, etc.

Video and podcast library	Library of audio-visual material delaing wiht innovation management issues	YouTube, Google and other on-line sources

Tools for innovation management

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:47:24 CDT

This page offers a wide rnage of innovation tools - structured frameworks for thinking about and wokring wiht innovation management issues. An extensive list with full descriptions is available at the 'Managing innovation' website but please feel free to add more here .....

Teaching games and exercises

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:46:42 CDT

This page gives links to various types of games, tools and exercises with which to work on innovation management issues. An extensive set is available at the 'Managing innovation' website but please feel free ot add more .....

Useful textbooks

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:45:28 CDT

'Managing innovation' (3rd edition) Joe Tidd, John Bessant, Keith Pavitt, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2005. ISBN: 0470 09326 9

For full details and accompanying website, click here Details. For reviews, click here
Reviews

'Innovation and entrepreneurship', John Bessant and Joe Tidd, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-03269-5

Developed for courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an accessible introductory text written primarily for students of business and management studies. The book is also suitable for engineering students studying courses in business and management. Contemporary issues in both innovation and entrepreneurship are used to engage and excite students, and lead them to the relevant theory, models and lessons.
For full details and accompanying website click here.

Teaching innovation management

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:36:46 CDT

This section contains resources to help with designing and delivering courses on innovation management. These can range from short sessions, through 1 and 2 day workshop style events to full-scale taught programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

As with the rest of the site the idea is to share and build on experiences - what works (and doesn't), what tools, exercises, structures, etc. can help, and how can we get the message across more effectively? I've put links to stuff I've accumulated over the years but we'd welcome your experiences and ideas ....

To use this section, click on relevant links to find more information.

Resource type	Brief description
Useful textbooks	Details of books dealing with innovation management - and user reviews where available
Suggested course outlines	Some ideas about how to build and run a course on innovation management
Teaching games and exercises	Various types of experiential tools for exploring innovation management issues
Case studies for teaching	Case examples drawn from different sectors and countries
Videos and podcasts	Video, podcast and related resources for use in classroom discussion, projects, etc.
Tools for innovation management	Tools, frameworks and other reosuirces for workjng with innovation management issues

Innovation researchers

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:17 CDT

This is a listing and links to people working on innovation research - please add links and a description to help identify who is in the community and what they have to offer.

AIM Innovation Directory - a sort of 'Yellow pages' about who is working on innovation in the UK	AIM Innovation Directory
Imperial College Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group - large group of researchers working on projects in this area
Centre for Research in Innovation Management - team working at the University of Brighton on various projects around IM. Links include tools and downloadable papers	CENTRIM
Innovation Leadership Forum	http://www.innovationleadershipforum.org/
SPRU - Science and Technology Policy
Design London
Technische Universitat Muenchen - UnternehmerTuM
Peter Pribilla Stiftung
Centre for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark
Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Case library

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:45:20 CDT

The idea behind this section is to build a library of shared case study resources - please feel free to add yours to the collection. To add a case please email me with the case plus any details on conditions of use, further information, etc. which you want people to know about.

To find cases of interest, explore the table below and click on the link for more details.

*Case title*	*Brief description*
Marshalls Aerospace - innovation as a way of life	Describes the evolution of a family firm into a multi-million pound business. Picks up themes around knowledge management, innovation strategy and entrepreneurship. To access the case visit the 'Managing innovation' website where you can download a copy Managing innovation case library
Coloplast A/S

Learning networks and absorptive capacity

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:31:17 CDT

This project looks at how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can develop and extend their absorptive capacity through interaction with other firms via a facilitated 'learning network' . Such approaches have been successfully used in a variety of settings including regional development, supply chains and sector-based initiatives and this project builds on an extensive range of studies on the structure and operation of such networks.

It represents a research stream working as part of the Profitnet programme at Brighton University involving around 200 SMEs. For more details see the website.

To read reports, papers, etc. from the project, click here.

Innovation and productivity Grand Challenge

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:24:03 CDT

Innovation has always mattered in economic development. But simply increasing spending on creating knowledge may not be the answer – we need to look at the whole system through which such knowledge translates to value creation. In a context where close to $1trillion/year is spent globally on R&D and where even the largest firms are moving towards ‘open innovation’ models this old question can benefit from a freshlook.

This project explores the implications of the changing 21stcentury context of networked, global and increasingly open innovation – a world in which knowledge flows become as important as knowledge creation. It involves a network of 5 UK universities – Cambridge, Cranfield, Imperial College, Liverpool and Loughborough working with the ESRC/EPSRC’s Advanced Institute for Management Research (AIM).
The research covers 4 key questions:

What is the (knowledge) context within which innovation occurs in the UK?
How do new firms form on the basis of knowledgeand its deployment?
Howdo established firms access and useknowledge to improve their current activities and generate new directions?
What technical and organisationalinfrastructures enable these activities?

For more details on the programme and the various constituent projects, see our website - click here

Managing discontinuous innovation

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:11:59 CDT

Innovation matters –of course. Unless organizations change what they offer the world and the ways in which they create and deliver those offerings they risk falling behind in today’s turbulent and complex environment. Smart firms know this and they invest time and trouble to create systems, structures and processes to ensure a sustained flow of innovation.

But whilst they are highly competent at what we could call “steady state “innovation (essentially doing what they do but better) problems can occur when they confront the need for discontinuous innovation. History tells us that when technologies shift, new markets emerge, the regulatory rules of the game move or someone introduces a new business model then established players can suddenly become vulnerable. When confronted with the need to explore doing something radically different many fail the test.

A key part of the problem is that dealing with discontinuity requires a very different set of capabilities for organising and managing innovation. Searching in unlikely places, building links to strange partners, allocating resources to high risk ventures, exploring new ways of looking at the business - all of these challenge the ‘normal’ way we approach the innovation problem. And while we know a lot about how to manage the steady state kind of innovation we’re much less clear about where and how to start building discontinuous innovation capability. Smart firms are carrying out various experiments in this direction, but no-one could claim to have found ‘the’ answer. We’re all still learning-and that’s where the DI Laboratory comes in.

(See website for more details)

What is the Discontinuous Innovation Laboratory?

Very simply it is an opportunity for firms to learn together about managing discontinuous innovation – sharing experiences , trying new things out, reflecting on what has and hasn’t worked and looking at new ideas and models. By linking up with other firms, working with (practically-minded!) academic researchers and drawing on experience in different sectors and countries there’s a chance to compare, contrast, share and develop our understanding of this major challenge.

More information - see our website: www.innovation-lab.org

Current research projects

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:59:43 CDT

Here you can find information on current innovation research projects - click on the link for more details. And please update this with your projects .....

Innovation and Productivity Grand Challenge - a 3 year, £3.5m programme involving Imperial, Cambridge, Cranfield, Loughborough and Liverpool Universities together with AIM to explore issues around how innovation emerges from public and private sector investments in knowledge.

The Discontinuous Innovation Laboratory - a network of 'laboratories' involving companies and researchers sharing experiences and building capability around how to manage the challenges posed by 'discontinuous innovation'. Currently 12 countries, over 40 researchers and 70 companies are involved.

Profitnet - a programme based on the use fo 'learning networks' to develop and strengthen absorptive capacity in SMEs. Currently involves aorund 200 SMEs in the south east of the UK.

News

johnbessant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:48:08 CDT

This is the place for updating news about innovation management resources - forthcoming events, new publications, interesting links, etc. Please feel free to add to the list ......

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Journal articles

johnbessant — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:10:07 CST

Birkinshaw, J., J. Bessant and R. Delbridge (2007). "Finding, Forming, and Performing: Creating Networks for Discontinuous Innovation." California Management Review. 49, (3),

Phelps, R., Adams, R.J. and Bessant, J. (2007, ). "Models of organizational growth: a review with implications for knowledge and learning." International Journal of Management Reviews. 9, (1), pp1-30

Readman, J. and J. Bessant (2007). "What challenges lie ahead for improvement programmes in the UK? Lessons from the CINet Continuous Improvement Survey 2003." International Journal of Technology Management 37(3/4): 290-305.

McClaughlin, P., P. Smart and J. Bessant (2007 forthcoming). "Developing an Organization Culture to Facilitate Radical Innovation." International Journal of Technology Management.

Morris, M., J. Bessant and J. Barnes (2006). "Using learning networks to enable industrial development: Case studies from South Africa." International Journal of Operations and Production Management 26(5): 557-568.

Noke, H., Z. Radnor and J. Bessant (2007 forthcoming). "Creating a new product development capability: Organizational enablers for moving up the value chain." International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.

Papaioannou, T., H. Rush and J. Bessant (2006). "Benchmarking as a policy-making tool: from the private to the public." Science and Public Policy 33(2): 91-102.

Adams, R., R. Phelps and J. Bessant (2006). "Innovation management measurement: a review." International Journal of Management Reviews 8(1): 21-47.

Philips, W., R. Lamming, J. Bessant and H. Noke (2006). "Discontinuous Innovation and Supply Relationships: Strategic Dalliances." R & D Management 36(4): 481-491.

Philips, W., H. Noke, J. Bessant and R. Lamming (2006). "Beyond the steady state: Managing discontinuous product and process innovation." International Journal of Innovation Management 10(2).

Readman, J., B. Squire, J. Bessant and S. Brown (2006). "The application of agile manufacturing for customer value." Journal of Financial Transformation 18(November): 133-141.

Squire, B., S. Brown, J. Readman and J. Bessant (2006). "The impact of mass customisation on manufacturing trade-offs." Production and Operations Management 15(1).

Francis, D. and J. Bessant (2005). "Transferring soft technologies." International Journal of Sustainable Technology and Development 4(2): 93-112.

Bessant, J., R. Lamming, H. Noke and W. Philips (2005). "Managing innovation beyond the steady state." Technovation 25(12): 1366-1376.

Francis, D. and J. Bessant (2005). "Targeting innovation and implications for capability development." Technovation 25(3): 171-183.

Hobday, M., H. Rush, et al. (2005). "Reaching the innovation frontier in Korea: A new corporate strategy dilemma." Research Policy 33: 1433-1457.

Bessant, J. (2005). "Enabling continuous and discontinuous innovations: Some reflections from a private sector perspective." Public Money and Management 25(1).

Bessant, J., J. Birkinshaw and R. Delbridge (2004). One step beyond - building a climate in which discontinuous innovation will flourish. People Management. 10: 28-32.

Rush, H., J. Bessant and S. Lee (2004). "Assessing the Effectiveness of Technology Policy - a long-term view." Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 16(3): 327-342.

Squire, B., J. Readman, J. Bessant and S. Brown (2004). "Mass customisation - the key to customer value?" Production Planning and Control., 15, (4), 459-471

De Jager, B., C. Minnie, C. De jager, M. Welgemoed, J. Bessant and D. Francis (2004). "Enabling continuous improvement - an implementation case study." International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 15(4): 315-324.

Bessant, J., M. Morris and R. Kaplinsky (2003). "Developing capability through learning networks." International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development 2(1).

Bessant, J., R. Kaplinsky and R. Lamming (2003). "Putting supply chain learning into practice." International Journal of Operations and Production Management 23(2): 167-184.

Bessant, J., D. Partington, J. Sapsed, D. Tranfield and M. Young (2003). "Knowledge Management for Innovation: Developing an Hierarchic Process Model." International Journal of Innovation Management 7(1): 27-50.

Brown, S. and J. Bessant (2003). "The manufacturing strategy-capabilities links in mass customisation and agile manufacturing - an exploratory study." International Journal of Production and Operations Management 23(7): 707-730.

Francis, D., J. Bessant and M. Hobday (2003). "Managing radical organisational transformation." Management Decision 41(1): 18-31.

Bessant, J., C. Cooper et. al. (2003). "The State of the field in UK Management Research: Reflections of the Research Assessment Exercise Panel." British Journal of Management 14(1): 51-68.

Bessant, J., S. Brown, D. Francis, R. Kaplinsky, and S. Meredith, Developing manufacturing agility. International Journal of Technology Management, 2002. 22(2/3).

Bessant, J., D. Francis, D. Knowles, and G. Buffa, Developing the agile enterprise. International Journal of Technology Management, 2002. 24(5/6): p. 484-497.

Sapsed, J., J. Bessant, D. Partington, D. Tranfield, and M. Young, Team-working and knowledge management; a review of converging themes. International Journal of Management Reviews, 2002. 4(1).

Bessant, J., S. Caffyn, and M. Gallagher, An evolutionary model of continuous improvement behaviour. Technovation, 2001. 21(3): p. 67-77.

Bessant, J. and G. Tsekouras, Developing learning networks. A.I. and Society, 2001. 15(2): p. 82-98.

Barnes, J., J. Bessant, N. Dunne, and M. Morris, Developing manufacturing competitiveness in South Africa. Technovation, 2001. 21(5).

Vinas, B., G. Perez, A. Gonzalez, and J. Bessant, A conceptual model for the development of technology management processes in developing country enterprises. Technovation, 2001. 21(6): p. 345-353.

Bessant, J., Developing continuous improvement capability. International Journal of Innovation Management, 2001. 2(4): p. 409-429.

Bessant, J. and D. Francis, Developing strategic continuous improvement capability. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 1999. 19(11).

Bessant, J., The rise and fall of ‘Supernet’: A case study of technology transfer policy for smaller firms. Research Policy, 1999. 28(6): p. 601-614.

Bessant, J. and D. Francis, Using learning networks to help improve manufacturing competitiveness. Technovation, 1999. 19(6/7): p. 373-381.

Arnold, E., H. Rush, et al. (1998). "Strategic planning in Research and Technology Institutes." R&D Management 28(2): 89-100.

Bessant, J. (1997). "Developing technology capability through manufacturing strategy." International Journal of Technology Management 14(2/3/4): 177-195.

Bessant, J. and S. Caffyn (1997). "High involvement innovation." International Journal of Technology Management 14(1): 7-28.

Bessant, J. and D. Francis (1997). "Implementing the new product development process." Technovation 17(4): 189-197.

Hoffman, K., M. Parejo, J. Bessant. (1997). "Small firms, R&D, technology and innovation in the UK." Technovation 18: 39-55.

Rush, H., J. Bessant, et al. (1997). "Strategies for best practice in Research and Technology Institutes." Wissenschafts Management 5(September/October): 251-261.

Bessant, J. and S. Caffyn (1996). "Learning to manage innovation." Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 8(1): 59-70.

Bessant, J. and R. Kaplinsky (1995). "Factory restructuring in the Dominican Republic." World Development 23(January (1)): 129-142.

Bessant, J. and H. Rush (1995). "Building bridges for innovation; the role of consultants in technology transfer." Research Policy 24: 97-114.

Bessant, J. (1994). "Towards total integrated manufacturing." International Journal of Production Economics.

Bessant, J., R. Lamming, et al. (1994). "Managing successful total quality relationships in the supply chain." European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 1(1): 7-18.

Bessant, J., S. Caffyn, et al. (1994). "Rediscovering continuous improvement." Technovation 14(1): 17-29.

Bessant, J. and H. Rush (1993). "Government Support of Manufacturing Innovations: two country-level case studies." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 40(1): 79-90.

Bessant, J. and J. Buckingham (1993). "Organisational learning for effective use of CAPM." British Journal of Management 4(4): 219-234.

Bessant, J., J. Burnell, et al. (1993). "Continuous improvement in UK manufacturing." Technovation 13(4).

Bessant, J. (1993). "Commentary on Special Issue "Systems, networks and configurations: Inside the implementation process"." International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing 3(1): 85-89.

Bessant, J. (1993). "The lessons of failure: Learning to manage new technology." International Journal of Technology Management 8(3/4/5): 197-215.

Bessant, J., S. Smith, D. Tranfield, P. Levy, and C. Ley, Organization design for factory 2000. International Journal of Human Factors in manufacturing, 1993. 2(2): p. 95-125.

Smith, S., D. Tranfield, J. Bessant, P. Levy, and C. Lay, Factory 2000: Organization design for the factory of the future. International Studies of Management and Organisation, 1992. 22(4): p. 61-68.

Bessant, J. and H. Rush (1992). "Revolution in three-quarter time: lessons from the diffusion of advanced manufacturing technologies." Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 4(1): 3-20.

Bessant, J. (1992). "Big bang or continuous evolution: why incremental innovation is gaining attention in successful organisations." Creativity and Innovation Management 1(2): 59-63.

Bessant, J., J. Burnell, et al. (1992). "Helping UK industry achieve competitive advantage through continuous improvement." Industry and Higher Education September: 185-189.

Smith, S., D. Tranfield, et al. (1991). "A new paradigm for the organisation of manufacturing." Integrated Manufacturing Systems 2(2): 14-22.

Bessant, J., P. Levy, et al. (1991). "Changing organization design and practices for computer-integrated technology." International Journal of Technology Management 6(3/4).

Bessant, J. and H. Rush (1990). The diffusion of manufacturing technology. OECD Observer. 166: 21-24.

Bessant, J. and B. Haywood (1989). "Islands, Archipelagoes and Continents: Progress along the road to CIM." Research Policy 17: 349-362.

Bessant, J. and J. Buckingham (1989). "Implementing advanced manufacturing technology." Technovation 9(2).

Bessant, J. (1988). "Pushing Boxes or Solving Problems? Some marketing issues in the diffusion of Computer Integrated Manufacturing." Journal of Marketing Management 3(3): 352-371.

Bessant, J. and B. Haywood (1988). "Flexible Manufacturing in Europe." European Management Journal 6(2).

Bessant, J. (1986). "The introduction of flexible manufacturing systems as an example of computer integrated manufacturing." Operations Management Review 4(3): 8-19.

Bessant, J. and B. Haywood (1986). "Experiences with FMS in the UK." International Journal of Operations and Production Management.

Bessant, J., R. Lamming, et al. (1985). "The challenge of computer-integrated manufacturing." Technovation 3: 283-295.

Bessant, J. (1984). "Competition, technical change and employment in the UK foundry sector." Journal of Research, Steel Castings and Research Association 66(September): 29-33.

Bessant, J. and D. Buchanan (1983). "Failure, uncertainty and control: the role of operators in a computer integrated production system." Journal of Management Studies 22(4).

Bessant, J. and T. Rickards (1980). "The Creativity Audit: introduction of a new research measure during programmes for facilitating organizational change." R & D Management 10(2): 67 - 75.

Bridgewater, A. and J. Bessant (1975). "Plastics waste- disposal or recovery?" Revista Portuguesa Quimica 16/17.

John Bessant writings and reports

johnbessant — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:01:10 CST

This section contains details of all my published writing around innovation management. Click on the title for more details and, if possible, downloadable copies. Otherwise email me - johnbessant@btinternet.com - for more.

(a) Books

(b) Journal articles

(c) Book chapters

(d) Magazine and newspaper articles

(e) Research reports

(f) Conference papers

(g) Other stuff

Reports

johnbessant — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:57:27 CST

Adams, R., R. Phelps and B. J. (2005). A review of the literature addressing the role of external knowledge and expertise at key stages of business growth and development. London, Department of Trade and Industry.

Bessant, J., Building and running learning networks - a report to South East England Development Agency. 2000, CENTRIM, University of Brighton: Brighton.

Arnold, E., M. Bell, J. Bessant, and P. Brimble, Enhancing policy and institutional support for industrial technology development in Thailand. 2000, The World Bank: Washington, D.C.

Bessant, J. and H. Rush, Methodologies for benchmarking framework conditions. 2000, European Commission: Brussels.

Bessant, J. and H. Rush, Approaches to benchmarking; the case of framework conditions and ICT-Os, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Brussels

Bessant, J., R. Kaplinsky, R. Lamming, A. Ross, and R. Vaughan, Using supply chains to transfer best practice - Case studies and final report. 1999, Report to Department of Trade and Industry: London.

Bessant, J., 1997, Learning and advanced manufacturing, United Nations INTECH, Maastricht

Bessant, J., S. Caffyn, et al., 1994, Continuous improvement research for competitive advantage: Final report to the MOPS Programme, Department of Trade and Industry,

Rush, H., J. Bessant, et al. (1994). Implementing flexible manufacturing: a role for government. Technology Transfer Practices, Hanover, Germany, European Commission – SPRINT/TII.

Bessant, J., K. Hoffman, et al., 1992, An evaluation of the Flexible Manufacturing Systems scheme, Department of Trade and Industry / HMSO, London

Bell, M., J. Bessant, et al., 1992, Technology management in the new industrial environment: Strengthening India's capacity for training and research in the management of technology, Sussex Research Associates for ICICI, India (Bombay)

Bessant, J. and H. Rush, 1989, Integrated Manufacturing, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna

Bessant, J., 1988, New manufacturing technologies and industrial performance impacts on investment, employment and productivity, OECD, Paris

Bessant, J., S. Bennett, et al., 1985, Review of the Microelectronics Application Programme (part C) scheme, Department of Trade and Industry/Brighton Polytechnic,

Bessant, J., 1984, Trends and perspectives in the development and diffusion of CIM, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna

Bessant, J., 1983, Technology and market trends in the production and application of information technology, UNIDO, Vienna