Keith Dickson

Research Group:

Primary Membership - BRESE

Profile:

Professor of Technology Management since 1999, a former Departmental Head and currently Deputy Head of School with responsibility for Research. Fellow of Chartered Management Institute. Professor Keith Dickson is a member of BRESE (Brunel Research in Enterprise, Innovation, Sustainability and Ethics).

The central theme of my research continues to be the effective management of technological innovation, which has resulted in several major ESRC and EU grants and numerous publications. The major focus is the innovative behaviour of small, technology-based firms in both manufacturing and service sectors.

Research Interests:

Technology-based, small firms
Management of Technology and Innovation
Design Management
Scientific Entrepreneurialism
Adoption and Use of ICTs in Small Firms
Intellectual Property Rights

Teaching:

Small Business Management (BSc),
Issues and Controversies in Management (BSc)
Technology, Organisation and Change (MSc),
Entrepreneurial Management (MBA)
Project Meythodology (MBA).

Recent Publications

“Comparative European Perspectives on the Diffusion and Adoption of Telework Amongst SMEs”, in Sherif M & Khalil T (Eds), Management of Technology: New Directions in Technology Management, Elsevier, 2007, Chap 18: 263-276. (with F. Clear).

"Teleworking Practice In Small And Medium-Sized Firms: Management Style And Worker Autonomy", New Technology Work and Employment, New Technology Work and Employment, 20(3):218-229, 2005 (with F. Clear)

“The Way Forward”, in Schmidpeter et al (Eds.), The Social World of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Palgrave, 2004, Chap 13 (with L. Spence, A Habisch et al).

"Building Innovation Networks: Issues of Strategy and Expertise", in J. Storey (Ed.), The Management of Innovation, OUP, 2003. (with A-M. Coles, & L. Harris)

"Design Protection Strategies in Textiles", in Blackburn R (Ed), Intellectual Property in Small and Medium Sized Firms, Routledge, 2003, (with A-M. Coles)

"Managing Large-scale IT Projects: The Case of National Air Traffic Services" New Centre at Swanwick, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 15(4):491-504, 2003. (with A. Genus & A. Rigakis).

"Geo-Cultural Influences and Critical Factors in Inter-firm Collaboration", International Journal of Technology Management, 25(1/2):34-50, 2003, (with H. Lawton Smith).

"Testing Goodwill: Conflict and Co-operation in New Product Development Networks", International Journal of Technology Management, 25(1/2):51-64, 2003. (with A-M. Coles, & L. Harris).

"What's the Tosh? Innovation Networks and New Product Development as a Political Process", International Journal of Innovation Management, 5(3):275-298, 2001, with I. McCloughlin and C. Koch (2001).

"National Innovation Policy in Cyprus", Research Policy, 30(5):805-817, 2001, with A. Hadjimanolis.