Joe Tidd is a physicist with subsequent degrees in technology policy and business administration. He is Professor of technology and innovation management at SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex, U.K. and visiting Professor at University College London, Cass business School, Copenhagen Business School, and Rotterdam School of Management. He was previously Head of the Management of Innovation Specialisation and Director of the Executive MBA Programme at Imperial College, and Deputy Director and Director of Studies at SPRU.
He has worked as policy adviser to the CBI (Confederation of British Industry), responsible for industrial innovation and advanced technologies. There he developed and launched the annual CBI Innovation Trends Survey, and presented expert evidence to three Select Committee Enquiries held by the House of Commons and House of Lords. Prior to working for the CBI, Dr Tidd was a researcher for the five-year, $5 million International Motor Vehicle Program organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.
He has worked on research and consultancy projects on technology and innovation management for consultants Arthur D. Little, CAP Gemini and McKinsey, and technology-based firms, including American Express Technology, Applied Materials, ASML, BOC Edwards, BT, Marconi, National Power, NKT and Nortel Networks, Petrobras and Pfizer. He is the winner of the Price Waterhouse Urwick Medal for contribution to management teaching and research, and the Epton Prize from the R&D Society. He was the academic member of the Steering Committee for the DTI Innovation Review, which resulted in the DTI Innovation Report: Competing in the Global Economy, and is a member of the SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) Innovation Advisory Panel. He is also Managing Editor of the International Journal of Innovation Management ( www.worldscinet.com/ijim/ijim.shtml ), the official journal of the International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) - www.ispim.org/index.php .
He has written eight books and more than sixty papers on the management of technology and innovation, the most recent being:
*(2010) Gaining Momentum: Managing the diffusion of innovations. (Imperial College Press).
*(2009) Managing Innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change (Wiley, 4th edition, with John Bessant) - www.managing-innovation.com
*(2007) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Wiley, with John Bessant);
*(2006) Meeting the Innovation Challenge: Leadership for Transformation and Growth (Wiley, with Scott Isaksen);
*(2006) From Knowledge Management to Strategic Competence (Imperial College Press, second edition);
*(2003) Service Innovation: Organizational Responses to Technological Opportunities and Market Imperatives (Imperial College Press, with Frank Hull).
Prizes & Awards
*2010, Award for the "Best Book" on technology and innovation management, International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT);
*2008, International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT) "Best Paper Award";
*2002, European Association for Creativity and Innovation, Award for "Best Book on Innovation";
*1998, R&D Management Society "Epton Prize" for Best paper, 2007;
*1994, Price Waterhouse "Urwick Medal" for contribution to management teaching and research
He has written eight books and more than sixty papers on the management of technology and innovation, including Managing Innovation (fourth edition, 2009, with John Bessant), which has more than 660 journal citations (Thomson Web of Science), 2900 total citations (Google Scholar).
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=he2j1ugAAAAJ&hl=en
He is also Managing Editor of the International Journal of Innovation Management (www.worldscinet.com/ijim/ijim.shtml), which is the official journal of International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).
Research includes:
Development and Exploitation of Financial Innovation
ESRC project, 2010-2012,with Paul Nightingale (SPRU) and Gordon Murray (Exeter). Explores the financing of high-impact firms, defined as the top performing 2-3 per cent of firms that have a major impact on the economy.
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-598-25-0054/read
Managing innovation in design-intensive firms
Including ESRC Programme "Evolution of Business Knowledge" project on "Knowledge Representation in Design Processes" (with Imperial College), 2003-2006.
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/Grants/RES-334-25-0007/read
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