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Position

Reader in Technology Management, Head of CTM

Affiliation

David Probert

Background

David Probert pursued an industrial career with Marks and Spencer and Philips for some 18 years before returning to Cambridge in 1991. His experience covers a wide range of industrial engineering and management disciplines in the UK and overseas.

He joined the Manufacturing Engineering Group as Royal Academy of Engineering/Lucas Industries Research Fellow, to develop a practical approach to the issues of make or buy and vertical integration in manufacturing industry, which has been widely applied and disseminated.

Current Role

Now Reader in Technology Management, David is a founding member and Head of the Centre for Technology Management within the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge. He is a Principal Investigator on the IfM Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre. David's research interests include:

• Technology and innovation strategy
• Technology management processes
• Make or buy, technology acquisition and software sourcing
• Industrial sustainability

For more information see:

• Centre for Technology Management research
• Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Research

Publications

His publications include 'Developing a make or buy strategy for manufacturing business' and 'Technology management assessment procedure' published by the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and most recently 'T-Plan: The fast start to technology roadmapping' published by the Institute for Manufacturing.

Recent publications

• Tao, L and Probert, DR and Phaal, R (2010) Towards an integrated framework for managing the process of innovation. R&D Management, 40. pp. 19-30. ISSN 0033-6807
• Kerr, CIV and Phaal, R and Probert, DR (2010) Ranking maritime platform upgrade options. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 224. pp. 47-59. ISSN 1475-0902
• Kapletia, D and Probert, D (2010) Migrating from products to solutions: An exploration of system support in the UK defense industry. IND MARKET MANAG, 39. pp. 582-592. ISSN 0019-8501
• Mitchell, RF and Hunt, F and Probert, DR (2010) Valuing and comparing small portfolios. Research Technology Management, 53. pp. 43-54. ISSN 0895-6308
• 2009 Visualising strategy: a classification of graphical roadmap forms, Phaal, R., Farrukh, C.J.P. and Probert, D.R., International Journal of Technology Management, 47 (4), pp. 286-305.
• 2009 Technology intelligence practice in UK technology-based companies, Letizia Mortara, Clive I.V. Kerr, Robert Phaal and David R. Probert, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp 115 – 135, 2009.
• 2009 Understanding Technology Management as a Dynamic Capability: A Framework for Technology Management Activities, Dilek Cetendimar, Robert Phaal and David Probert, Technovation: The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management, 29 (4), 237 – 246, 2009.
• 2008 Technology insertion in the defence industry: a primer, Kerr, C. I. V.; Phaal, R. & Probert, D. R, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Volume 222, Number 8, pp. 1009-1023. ISSN: 0954-4054.
• 2008 Development of practitioner guidelines for partnerships between start-ups and large firms, Tim Minshall, Letizia Mortara, Stelios Elia and David Probert, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 391-406, 2008. Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009.
• 2008 Morphology analysis for technology roadmapping: application of text mining, Yoon, B., Phaal, R. and Probert, D.R R&D Management, 38 (1), pp. 51-68.
• 2008 Exploratory roadmapping for foresight, Beeton, D.A., Phaal, R. and Probert, D.R. (2008), International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 4 (4), pp. 398-412.
• 2007 Sourcing software content for manufactured products, David Probert; Francis Hunt; Peter Fraser; Andre Fleury; Tony Holden, Proc.IMechE, Part B: J.Engineering Manufacture, 2007, 221(B5), 809 - 820. DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM532.
• 2007 Commercializing a Disruptive Technology based upon University IP through Open Innovation: a case study of Cambridge Display Technology, Tim Minshall, Stuart Seldon, David Probert, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 4, Issue 3, September 2007, pp 225 – 239.
• 2007 Strategic roadmapping: a workshop-based approach for identifying and exploring innovation issues and opportunities, Phaal, R., Farrukh, C.J.P. and Probert, D.R., Engineering Management Journal, 19 (1), pp. 3-12, March 2007.
• 2006 A conceptual model for technology intelligence, CIV Kerr, L Mortara, R Phaal and DR Probert, Int. J. Technology Intelligence and Planning, Vol 2, No 1, 2006, pp. 73-93.
• 2006 From theory to practice: challenges in operationalising a technology selection framework, Noordin Shehabuddeen, David Probert, Robert Phaal, Technovation, 26, pp. 324-335.
• 2006 Development of a product audit, Moultrie J, Clarkson P J, Probert D R, Proceedings of the I.Mech.E Part B, Vol. 220 No. 7, pp 1157-1174.
• 2006 Multiple perspectives on appraisal techniques for new technologies; examples from the aerospace industry, Marcel Dissel, Clare Farrukh, David Probert and Francis Hunt, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 3, No. 4 (2006), pp 1-19.
• 2005 Investing in new materials: a tool for technology managers, Elicia Maine, David Probert & Mike Ashby, Technovation, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2005, pp 15-23.
• 2004 Implementing industrial sustainability: the research issues in technology management, Subashini Paramanathan, Clare Farrukh, Rob Phaal and David Probert, R&D Management, Volume 34, Number 5, pp 527 – 537, November 2004.

David Probert's publications 2000-2004

David Probert's publications listed on the University Engineering Department database