Dr Nigel Lockett
Dr Nigel Lockett (BSc, MSc, PhD) is a senior academic (Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Bradford University School of Management and Visiting Research Fellow at Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University), experienced manager, entrepreneur and community leader. He has previously worked as a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University Business School, Business Development Manager at InfoLab21 and Relationship Manager and Lecturer at Lancaster University Management School. He also has over 20 years experience as a company director with a track record in managing new start-up (Hygeia Care and Deliver Net), joint venture (Huntleigh Hygeia plc) and social (Growing with Grace) enterprises. Nigel has successfully designed and delivered innovative programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, e-business and technology enterprise and was the founding director of an MSc in E-Business and Innovation. He is also a graduate of the Babson College Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators. His current knowledge transfer and innovation focused research interests include: communities of innovation, the role of HEIs in innovation and knowledge transfer, cluster building and adoption of e-business technologies by SMEs. Current research council funded projects include: ESRC ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Past and Present’ and EPSRC ‘Lancaster Centre for e Management and e-Science'. Nigel has published in a number of high quality journals, including: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, International Small Business Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Electronic Markets: The International Journal. He is currently a trustee and executive group member of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, which is the UK’s leading small business and entrepreneurship network for individuals and organisations involved with SME research, education and support. Nigel is a graduate of Common Purpose and member of the British Academy of Management and Quaker and Business Group.
Prof David Brown
Professor David Brown is Chair of Strategy and Information Systems in the Department of Management Science and Director of the Lancaster China Management Centre at Lancaster University Management School. His research interests have two separate but linked strands. Firstly, strategic studies including strategic information systems and e-business, and secondly the application of these strands internationally, especially Asia. Current research, funded by EU and EPSRC research grants, includes SMEs and relevant e-Business models; e-science and e-management; and e-business and innovation in China and Laos. The majority of his work is strongly organisationally based and includes action research and soft systems methodology. He has published many articles on information systems, e-business and strategy formulation and co-authored three books on management transition in China. David is also is a Fellow Professor in Management Science, Renmin University, Beijing. He is a Co-investigator on the EPSRC-funded ‘Lancaster Centre for E-Management and E-Science, 2006-08’ project (£207K).
Prof Mary Rose
Professor Mary Rose is Chair of Entrepreneurship and Research Director in the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development at Lancaster University Management School. She specialises in evolutionary approaches to innovation and the relationships between innovation, entrepreneurship and communities of practice. She has published widely on the evolution of business values, networking behaviour by family firms and the problem of leadership succession. Her most recent collaborative work, with businessman Mike Parsons, is ‘Invisible on Everest: Innovation and the Gear Makers’ which was published in 2003. Mary is also Director of the Pasold Research Fund, a charitable trust which provides grants for all aspects of textile history and funds and organises conferences and lectures and was President of the European Business History Association, 2003-5. She is Principal Investigator on the ESRC-funded ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Past and Present, 2007-10’ project (£267K).
Dr Lorraine Johnston
Dr Lorraine Johnston current role as ESRC Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development at Lancaster University Management School and Project Manager on the ESRC Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) funded initiative on Innovation is entitled: ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Past and Present’. This multidisciplinary research project explores the social processes behind knowledge and technology exchange(s) through the examination of historical examples of innovative collaborations and sets them alongside contemporary experiences. Previous research includes ESRC Collaborative CASE scholarship (2002-2005) ‘My Voice: My Place: Managing Citizen/Council Interactions’ focused on the micro processes of managing organisational change and complexity in local government modernisation agendas with a specific focus on the implementation of policy and practice at the sub-local level.